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proposing a commercial script where he goes to expose them as a bad fast food brand, only to discover they were "actually doing a lot of great things". Skeptical that fast food has improved in the 12 years since his original documentary, when many of the health issues faced then are still prominent,
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industry has rebranded itself as healthier since his original film through the process of Spurlock working to open his own fast-food restaurant, thus exposing some of the ways in which rebranding is more perception than reality. This was Spurlock's final film before his death in 2024.
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for $ 3.5 million. In December 2017, YouTube Red temporarily dropped the film after Spurlock admitted to previous instances of sexual misconduct and harassment. The production company Warrior Poets also announced that the film was being pulled from the
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released the film in theaters on September 6, 2019, and released it on VOD a week later. It was also restored on YouTube, along with its predecessor, as part of the new YouTube Movies service under the "Free to Watch" category.
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After consulting with CCD Innovation on a business model, Spurlock discovers that the "Big Chicken" industry has made it hard to purchase live chickens to raise on a chicken farm. He learns that the
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Spurlock wants to learn more. Rather than go on another fast food binge, he decides to "become part of the problem" by opening his own fast food chain in order to find the truth.
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The film opens with a series of news reels detailing the grand opening of a new fast food restaurant owned by Morgan Spurlock, best known for his documentary
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may not be as filling as its predecessor, but it still manages to offer a moderately enriching overview of unsavory industry practices." On
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with a farmer. Near the end of the movie, he opens his own chicken sandwich restaurant in
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announced they had purchased distribution rights to the film to stream on
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Index


Toronto International Film Festival
Morgan Spurlock
Keith Calder
Matthew Galkin
Samuel Goldwyn Films
TIFF
documentary film
Morgan Spurlock
Super Size Me
fast food
Carl's Jr.
Hardee's
five major
Tyson Foods
Pilgrim's Pride
Sanderson Farms
Koch Foods
Perdue Farms
National Chicken Council
Columbus, Ohio
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
People's Choice Award for Documentaries
YouTube
YouTube Red
2018 Sundance Film Festival
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic

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