Sadly, the benefits these families gained from being filmed for Fed Up - if there were any - seem lost as the film feels more exploitive more than revolutionary.

| Jan 21, 2021

Fixating on the fat rolls of underprivileged kids without mentioning class, the film is a more polished version of the greasy tale Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me told from the inside out.

| Oct 3, 2014

It's a decent summary of the issue, taking square aim at corporations and politicians who have made it easy for the citizenry to stuff its collective face with junk food and, even more damaging, sugar.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 29, 2014

Director Stephanie Soechtig gathers activists, doctors, kids, lobbyists, parents, politicians, reporters and teachers -- all with different stakes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 22, 2014

Exposé against America's nutritional war on itself is informative, passionate, slightly regurgitated.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 22, 2014

Thumbnail portraits of morbidly obese kids introduce a plaintive note to the argument, especially since, as the documentary notes, many school cafeterias are now indistinguishable from fast-food joints.

| May 22, 2014

"Fed Up" gets to feeling like a special nightly news report. But as news reports go, it is an especially thorough and well-produced one, taking an in-depth look at America's worsening obesity epidemic and pointing fingers at culprits

| May 15, 2014

The effect is stark, disturbing and inspirational, if you are willing to listen.

| May 12, 2014

Here's another inconvenient truth. Our food is killing us. And that's because of something even more poisonous, the corruption of our political system through diversion of corporate money to politicians through campaign contributions and lobbying.

| Original Score: B+ | May 9, 2014

You won't look at grocery store aisles the same way after you've seen Fed Up.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 9, 2014

You don't want to be downing Raisinets while watching this film.

| Original Score: B+ | May 9, 2014

Toggling between profiles of kids struggling with their weight and a wider look at the evolution of processed foods, "Fed Up" presents a pretty watertight case that there's something deeply wrong with the way we eat.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2014

The information is arguably compelling, and disturbing, but something about the whole delivery mode turned me off.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 9, 2014

Even if you dispute the facts, one thing is clear: As a nation, we are fat, and getting fatter.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2014

Before "Fed Up," no movie had ever sent me hurrying to my refrigerator to read food labels - but there's always a first time.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2014

Fed Up will change the way you look at junk food. Or at least the companies that peddle it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2014

A compelling wake-up call in the form of a feature-length documentary.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 8, 2014

As a screed, it builds a credible, engaging argument, presenting evidence, statistics, talking-head testimony, whimsical charts, poignant personal stories, and animated illustrations of digestive processes to make its case.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2014

A very good advocacy documentary directed by Stephanie Soechtig and narrated by Katie Couric.

| May 8, 2014

Fed Up, unbothered by its often crude mode of attack, is definitely mad as hell. And its muckraking spirit, an anomaly in the age of giving in, is inspiring.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2014