Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

Name: Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 6, 2019
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Jonathan Buttram, Morgan Spurlock

2019

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: September 6, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Jonathan Buttram, Morgan Spurlock

Summary: In the 15 years since Super Size Me, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that’s “healthy,” “organic,” and “natural.” Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chickenIn the 15 years since Super Size Me, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that’s “healthy,” “organic,” and “natural.” Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every step of the way, from raising poultry and conjuring recipes to designing the brand and scouting a location. Spurlock brings his disarming humor to uncover the truths and lies behind this multibillion-dollar industry.… Expand

Director: Morgan Spurlock

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 93 min

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Alan Ng

Sep 7, 2019

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken is not only informative in the same way Super Size Me was, but his story about opening a fast-food restaurant and the journey he took to get there is entertaining and telling. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Aug 28, 2019

Spurlock’s quest to put Chick-fil-A out of business is always entertaining — the filmmaker is still a charming and quick-witted man of the people, and his shtick has aged much better than Michael Moore’s — but if “Super-Size Me 2” isn’t quite as funny as the first installment, it’s considerably more horrifying. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Sep 12, 2019

It’s nothing we haven’t heard before, but it’s still heartbreaking to see small farmers telling their individual stories about the financial and emotional stress they’ve experienced. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Sep 6, 2019

There’s a nagging aura of “meh” encircling the proceedings. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Sep 5, 2019

Like its predecessor, Super Size Me 2 is largely entertaining, with audience enjoyment varying on their appetite for Spurlock’s fun, smug shtick. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Sep 5, 2019

The movie is at its most engaging when examining the near-monopolies controlling chicken farmers in the United States. Read full review

The Guardian Charles Bramesco

Aug 28, 2019

This time, his journey doesn’t send him to the ends of experience. Instead, he goes on a smug odyssey of know-it-all-ism that yields a scant few factoids we didn’t already learn from his first film. Read full review

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Lamboguy188

Dec 19, 2020

You need to watch it, it really opened my eyes and see how chicken farmers and customers are being used so big chicken can profit

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Bumblebugbee

Mar 7, 2020

I was honestly surprised that I enjoy this movie even more than the original. It provides amazing insight into the fast food industry and ask the boogie marketing that goes into selling unhealthy food as natural.

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ajzeg01

Jan 23, 2020

Speaking of wildly popular and controversial, I watched the long-awaited follow up to the 2004 documentary hit, Super Size Me. Now, the sequel, subtitled “Holy Chicken!”, was supposed to come out all the way back in 2017 exclusively on YouTube, of all places. However, because of someSpeaking of wildly popular and controversial, I watched the long-awaited follow up to the 2004 documentary hit, Super Size Me. Now, the sequel, subtitled “Holy Chicken!”, was supposed to come out all the way back in 2017 exclusively on YouTube, of all places. However, because of some controversy surrounding director and star of the film, Morgan Spurlock, it didn’t end up coming out until 2019. I’m not going to get into the controversy here since it isn’t relevant to the film, but I will briefly go over my thoughts on the first movie. While it is a well-made and entertaining film that raises some good points, the whole “eat nothing but McDonald’s” experiment portion of the film is deeply flawed at best and possibly outright fraudulent at worst. Still, I enjoyed it for what it was. The sequel is not about eating nothing but, say, KFC for a month. It’s actually about Spurlock opening his own fast-food franchise that sells “grilled crispy chicken sandwiches” using all the same tactics that other fast-food restaurants use to trick people into thinking their food is healthy. He doesn’t try to hide any of it from his customers, in hopes to educate them about fast-food marketing tricks. He also becomes a chicken farmer in this documentary and exposes corruption within the chicken farming industry. He shines a light on how poorly the farmers are treated and how they really grow chickens for meat. I thought this documentary was very interesting and well-made. I’d actually argue that it’s better than the original since it doesn’t have the whole experiment aspect to it which has since been proven to be likely exaggerated or influenced by other factors. I’d recommend checking this out, it’s very educational and a fun watch. Now, after the controversy that came out recently some might feel uncomfortable with supporting Spurlock’s work, which I understand. Personally, I feel like I can separate the artist from the art on a case-by-case basis. This is a case in which I think I can. Spurlock personally came forward completely unprompted and confessed to what he did rather than getting called-out by someone else and denying it like so many others, which I do respect. Also, this documentary has nothing to do with his personal life, which is also a big factor. Anyway, I’m rambling and getting off-topic. This is a good movie. Check it out.… Expand

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