What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug and major medical operations have become routine. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to “battle” these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases. Could it be there’s a single solution to all of these problems? A solution so comprehensive, but so utterly straightforward, that it’s mind-boggling that more of us haven’t taken it seriously? FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled… —IMDb
Not too much to say about it from a filmic point of view, but the message is still pretty clear. It makes you rethink your way of living / eating.
Film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of Ebert Presents At the Movies and Mubi.com is totally 100% correct. This is the worst film of 2011. It is a shallow, repetitive, and poorly made piece of crap that will make you want to go out and get a hamburger.
Only an ignoramus would go and get a hamburger after this film.
This film is to be taken seriously, it's the message which it conveys that is important not the fact that it doesn't meet your picky standards.