Revealing mistake: Near the end, when Morgan Spurlock says "Why not do away with your Super Size options?" the water condensation runs UP the drink. (01:34:00)
Super Size Me (2004)
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock, Amanda Kearsan, Chemeeka Walker, Christian Baucher, Dania Abu-Rmaileh, Daryl Isaacs, Lisa Ganjhu, Stephen Siegel
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Factual error: Morgan says that french fries are one of the seven items on McDonalds menu that doesn't contain sugar. French fries, in fact, do contain dextrose - a form of sugar. This is mentioned on DVD commentary.
Daryl Isaacs: You're sick, and you're making yourself sick, and you can make yourself unsick by stopping doing what you're doing.
Morgan Spurlock: I consumed over thirty pounds of sugar. That's an average of a pound of sugar a day.
Gene Grabowski - VP, Grocery Manufacturers of America: We're part of the problem, and we also are part of the solution.
Question: Is there a list somewhere of exactly what Morgan Spurlock ate on each day? It seems that on several days, he ate more than a standard meal (you often see multiple sodas visible on desks, or he carries bags larger than a typical McDonalds' meal bag), which rather hurts the point he's trying to make.
Question: UK screenings of this film begin with a 'UK Film Council' credit. Why would this appear when it's an American film?
Chosen answer: Because it probably got some funding from the UK Film Council.
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Chosen answer: If you were going to eat at McDonald's three meals a day for 30 days, would you actually make 90 separate trips to the restaurant? I'm sure there were times that he got 2 or 3 (or more) meals at the same time and simply reheated them. As for the cups, I know lots of people with old soda cups on their desk and tons of them in their car. The crew may have had food too.
Myridon