Fed Up (2014)

People are voting emotionally.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Im 10-20 minutes into this and already have heard so many false statements. Its just making excuses, blaming advertising companies for making people overeat. Its absolutely maddening. Im going to finish it, because I have to for a school project. If it turns around, Ill update the review accordingly.

I recommend this movie to kids and adults because it is an extremely important concept to understand and become aware of, that many probably don't even know. There are so many individuals who are considered overweight or obese because he or she doesn't realize that the added sugar is what is doing a big part of the harm. I liked the movie a lot because it talks about a crucial concept dealing with obesity that most people do not know, it enhances on what to do in order to stay healthy, and it interviews individuals who are personally struggling with obesity. This movie helps to affect other people and show them how unhealthy this added sugar and these processed food companies really are. I highly suggest this documentary to anyone. Sugar is a lot worse than many people even think, and "Fed Up" is a movie that proves this statement.

This is a documentary that shows the truth about our obesity epidemic, world wide. It's sugar. Most of us have never realized this because the food industry has had our eyes on the pinstripes, they've had our attention on the other ingredients, misleading us so we wouldn't realize what the real problem was. It's sickening how all these private profit and special interest groups operate. It's universal with these groups too. It reminds me of that quote from Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises, "You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us."A revolution could be right around the corner, you never know. One person can't be the change, but many can be the change and how that happens is hearing the truth and how the truth gets out to the masses is through well informed documentaries such as this one. Once masses of people start hearing the truth and getting sick to their stomachs on how much we're tricked, raped and lied to by these private profit, special interests groups, then that's where the change begins. With the masses. Some might start petitions, some might start blogs or Social Media groups, some might do this or that, but that's where the change starts. This documentary also shows where the fault is in our system as a whole. There needs to be a change in congress, the House of Representatives, etc. It's documentaries like this that start the change. We all need to do our part someway, somehow, to be the change.

There's something rotten here. This "documentary" flick is full of rock-hard pronouncements that are not backed up with science. They'd have us believe that all our problems in life can be attributed to sugar. Yup. Just that sweet stuff, sugar. Nothing else really matters.Here are a few quotes that should raise doubts instantly."Everything we've been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong." Are you pulling our leg?! "Everything"? Oh, I think not. In fact, we KNOW that's foolish.Another one: "Kids are being told the biggest lie they'll ever hear in their lives." Come on now ... biggest lie they'll EVER hear? Not likely. Not possible. Not realistic. Their statement may be the biggest lie we'll ever hear (with apologies to some of our politicians!)Another: "This is the fundamental problem no one is talking about in society." Someone didn't do their fact-checking. There have been multiple movies that made mainstream news, about the problems with food. Even Michael Pollan, who appears in FED UP, has written books about issues with our food that have received considerable attention. The statement is simply a red herring.Another, "Forget about getting more exercise." Whoa! They can't be serious! They think exercise is unimportant? That doesn't pass the straight face test, eh?Another: "We're toast as a country." Yeah, yeah. We'll if we are it will be more likely because of the US Congress and banks 'too big to fail' and not sugar. Toast anyone? I like toast. Note: These were all especially dramatic proclamations offered as hard facts. Says who? I submit that not one makes any sense. And if the viewer stops to think about it, they'll realize these decrees are baloney.Now for the kicker. All these are just from ... the trailer. There are more of the same in the full movie and far, far too many declarations of fact that have no attribution. Watch this with a seriously jaundiced eye. Don't be taken in by the deep voices, scary music, and fear- mongering. We're better and smarter than this movie gives us credit for.I'm not taking a position on sugar (not yet) but I sure am saddened by the unrealistic tenor of this movie.