Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead
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Directed by | Joe Cross Kurt Engfehr |
Produced by | Stacey Offman |
Written by | Joe Cross Robert Mac |
Starring | Joe Cross Joel Fuhrman Phil Staples |
Music by | M. E. Manning |
Cinematography | Rick López Max Polley Jamie Rosenberg |
Edited by | Alison Amron Christopher Seward |
Distributed by | Reboot Media Bev Pictures |
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97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a 2010 American documentary film which follows the 60-day journey of Australian Joe Cross across the United States as he follows a juice fast to regain his health under the care of Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Nutrition Research Foundation's Director of Research.[1] Cross and Robert Mac, co-creators of the film, both serve on the Nutrition Research Foundation's Advisory Board.[2][3] Following his fast and the adoption of a plant-based diet, Cross states in a press release that he lost 100 pounds and discontinued all medications.[4][5]
During his road-trip Cross meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese truck driver from Sheldon, Iowa, in a truck stop in Arizona and inspires him to try juice fasting.[6][7]
A sequel to the first film, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead 2, was released in 2014.[8]
Awards
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead won the Turning Point Award and shared the Audience Choice Award – Documentary Film at the 2010 Sonoma International Film Festival.[9]
Critical reception
The film has received mixed reviews with review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes giving it a rating of 67% "fresh" [10] and Metacritic having an average score of 45 out of 100, based on 5 reviews.[11] The Hollywood Reporter called it an "infomercial passing itself off a documentary "[12] The New York Times stated that the film is "no great shakes as a movie, but as an ad for Mr. Cross’s wellness program its now-healthy heart is in the right place".[13]
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