Chicago – On the menu screen for “Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” director Morgan Spurlock promises that the movie you’re about to watch will “impregnate your brain with awesome.” That’s quite a promise and the movie doesn’t exactly live up to it. Once again, it’s a decent documentary made by a very-smart man that still has frustrating flaws — like all of Spurlock’s work.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Morgan Spurlock is incredibly entertaining and incredibly smart. I’ve met the man. He’s clever and quick on his feet. But I’m still not yet convinced that he’s a great filmmaker. His short-lived TV series, “30 Days,” actually features the best work he’s done to date because it distills his ideas down to a more-manageable form. The fact is that the length of a feature-length film seems to always be working against him, never more...
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Morgan Spurlock is incredibly entertaining and incredibly smart. I’ve met the man. He’s clever and quick on his feet. But I’m still not yet convinced that he’s a great filmmaker. His short-lived TV series, “30 Days,” actually features the best work he’s done to date because it distills his ideas down to a more-manageable form. The fact is that the length of a feature-length film seems to always be working against him, never more...
- 9/7/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, the latest documentary entertainment from Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) on Blu-ray and DVD on August 23 for the list prices of $35.99 and $30.99, respectively.
Morgan Spurlock sells out—or rather, sells his documentary—in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
A funny and fresh look at modern-day media and money, the 2011 movie explores the world marketing and advertising and was fully financed by product placement, which has been integrated into the picture. Spurlock dissects the world of advertising and marketing over the course of the film by using his own disarming and determined personality as currency to sell out the cost of his film to the highest bidder. Lots of the financing, as you may have deduced, came courtesy of Pom Wonderful, the pomegranate-based juice and product company. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold? Spurlock may very well have made it!
Morgan Spurlock sells out—or rather, sells his documentary—in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
A funny and fresh look at modern-day media and money, the 2011 movie explores the world marketing and advertising and was fully financed by product placement, which has been integrated into the picture. Spurlock dissects the world of advertising and marketing over the course of the film by using his own disarming and determined personality as currency to sell out the cost of his film to the highest bidder. Lots of the financing, as you may have deduced, came courtesy of Pom Wonderful, the pomegranate-based juice and product company. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold? Spurlock may very well have made it!
- 7/1/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Morgan Spurlock's Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on August 23. Check out our interview with Spurlock and the trailer. Synopsis is below. Bonus features on the DVD and Blu-ray include commentary by Spurlock, producer Jeremy Chilnick, cinematographer Daniel Marracino and editor Tom Vogt, deleted scenes, "Workin' Nine to Five (Am): Pom Behind-the-Scenes Featurette," "My Favorite Commercial: A Montage," "Ralph Nadar: Words of Wisdom," and "Softer Is Louder: Frank Luntz." Synopsis: We live in an age where it’s tough even to walk down the street without someone trying to sell you something. It’s at the point where practically the entire American experience is brought to us by some corporation. Utilizing cutting edge tools of comic exploration and ...
- 6/30/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Written by: Jeremy Chilnick and Morgan Spurlock
The companies that bought sponsorships for Morgan Spurlock’s “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” were all pretty excited to participate in a satirical documentary about product placement, and maybe they were on to something. After all, their brands receive a forefront treatment that no other films offer. Pom Wonderful is certainly going to be mentioned in a hell of a lot more movie reviews than Pepsi ever has been.
Spurlock is best known for eating nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days while making “Super Size Me,” so it’s only logical that he sells product placement to fully finance his documentary on advertising. Where he once struggled with his diet, he now struggles with whether or not he has sold out his integrity.
The movie breaks down the whole...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Written by: Jeremy Chilnick and Morgan Spurlock
The companies that bought sponsorships for Morgan Spurlock’s “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” were all pretty excited to participate in a satirical documentary about product placement, and maybe they were on to something. After all, their brands receive a forefront treatment that no other films offer. Pom Wonderful is certainly going to be mentioned in a hell of a lot more movie reviews than Pepsi ever has been.
Spurlock is best known for eating nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days while making “Super Size Me,” so it’s only logical that he sells product placement to fully finance his documentary on advertising. Where he once struggled with his diet, he now struggles with whether or not he has sold out his integrity.
The movie breaks down the whole...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Written by: Jeremy Chilnick and Morgan Spurlock
The companies that bought sponsorships for Morgan Spurlock’s “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” were all pretty excited to participate in a satirical documentary about product placement, and maybe they were on to something. After all, their brands receive a forefront treatment that no other films offer. Pom Wonderful is certainly going to be mentioned in a hell of a lot more movie reviews than Pepsi ever has been.
Spurlock is best known for eating nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days while making “Super Size Me,” so it’s only logical that he sells product placement to fully finance his documentary on advertising. Where he once struggled with his diet, he now struggles with whether or not he has sold out his integrity.
The movie breaks down the whole...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Written by: Jeremy Chilnick and Morgan Spurlock
The companies that bought sponsorships for Morgan Spurlock’s “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” were all pretty excited to participate in a satirical documentary about product placement, and maybe they were on to something. After all, their brands receive a forefront treatment that no other films offer. Pom Wonderful is certainly going to be mentioned in a hell of a lot more movie reviews than Pepsi ever has been.
Spurlock is best known for eating nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days while making “Super Size Me,” so it’s only logical that he sells product placement to fully finance his documentary on advertising. Where he once struggled with his diet, he now struggles with whether or not he has sold out his integrity.
The movie breaks down the whole...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Charlie Trimarco
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Joe Cross and Kurt Engfehr
Featuring: Joe Cross
“Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” is a different kind of documentary: an often funny, at times touching infomercial for healthier living with no price tags or toll-free numbers to call.
Much of the film focuses on successful Australian entrepreneur and co-director Joe Cross’ alternative approach to relieve the effects of a physical affliction he’s suffered for eight years. He has an overactive immune system disorder that causes never-ending hives (urticaria) requiring (at least according to current Western medical science) that he take the drug prednisone. One common side effect of prednisone is weight gain. Side effect or not, Joe’s diet — loaded with fat, simple carbohydrates, sugar and salt — has him tipping the scales at 309 pounds, complete with a stomach that resembles the exercise ball he should be using.
After trying just about everything to fight the disease,...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Joe Cross and Kurt Engfehr
Featuring: Joe Cross
“Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” is a different kind of documentary: an often funny, at times touching infomercial for healthier living with no price tags or toll-free numbers to call.
Much of the film focuses on successful Australian entrepreneur and co-director Joe Cross’ alternative approach to relieve the effects of a physical affliction he’s suffered for eight years. He has an overactive immune system disorder that causes never-ending hives (urticaria) requiring (at least according to current Western medical science) that he take the drug prednisone. One common side effect of prednisone is weight gain. Side effect or not, Joe’s diet — loaded with fat, simple carbohydrates, sugar and salt — has him tipping the scales at 309 pounds, complete with a stomach that resembles the exercise ball he should be using.
After trying just about everything to fight the disease,...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Charlie Trimarco
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Joe Cross and Kurt Engfehr
Featuring: Joe Cross
“Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” is a different kind of documentary: an often funny, at times touching infomercial for healthier living with no price tags or toll-free numbers to call.
Much of the film focuses on successful Australian entrepreneur and co-director Joe Cross’ alternative approach to relieve the effects of a physical affliction he’s suffered for eight years. He has an overactive immune system disorder that causes never-ending hives (urticaria) requiring (at least according to current Western medical science) that he take the drug prednisone. One common side effect of prednisone is weight gain. Side effect or not, Joe’s diet — loaded with fat, simple carbohydrates, sugar and salt — has him tipping the scales at 309 pounds, complete with a stomach that resembles the exercise ball he should be using.
After trying just about everything to fight the disease,...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Joe Cross and Kurt Engfehr
Featuring: Joe Cross
“Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” is a different kind of documentary: an often funny, at times touching infomercial for healthier living with no price tags or toll-free numbers to call.
Much of the film focuses on successful Australian entrepreneur and co-director Joe Cross’ alternative approach to relieve the effects of a physical affliction he’s suffered for eight years. He has an overactive immune system disorder that causes never-ending hives (urticaria) requiring (at least according to current Western medical science) that he take the drug prednisone. One common side effect of prednisone is weight gain. Side effect or not, Joe’s diet — loaded with fat, simple carbohydrates, sugar and salt — has him tipping the scales at 309 pounds, complete with a stomach that resembles the exercise ball he should be using.
After trying just about everything to fight the disease,...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Release Date: Oct. 2Director: Michael Moore
Writer: Michael Moore
Cinematographers: Daniel Marracino, Jayme Roy
Studio/Run Time: Paramount / 120 mins.
Master of agitprop goes for broke and comes up short.
The title of Michael Moore’s newest documentary is a red herring. Or false advertising, depending on whether you see him as a streetcorner-prophet or self-satisfied mountebank. Either way, Capitalism: A Love Story probably won’t change your opinion of him.
Writer: Michael Moore
Cinematographers: Daniel Marracino, Jayme Roy
Studio/Run Time: Paramount / 120 mins.
Master of agitprop goes for broke and comes up short.
The title of Michael Moore’s newest documentary is a red herring. Or false advertising, depending on whether you see him as a streetcorner-prophet or self-satisfied mountebank. Either way, Capitalism: A Love Story probably won’t change your opinion of him.
- 10/2/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
By Neil Pedley
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With such variety this week, we could be tempted to go nuts and combine them into one super movie. nm1136915 autoOsama Bin Laden[/link] would have 88 minutes to paint an anamorphic picture that disproved Darwinism while riding the winner of the Kentucky Derby through ancient China with his gay lover who is also an Oscar nominated composer moonlighting as a zombie stripper...we smell a Golden Globe!
"Anamorph"
Utilizing the painting technique of anamorphosis, whereby the nature of an image changes depending on the viewer's vantage point, filmmaker nm0587829 autoHenry Miller[/link] marks his directorial debut with this intricate and cerebral thriller that reads like "Saw" by way of "The Da Vinci Code." nm0000353 autoWillem Dafoe[/link] stars as the dogged but haunted Detective Aubray, on the trail of carefully placed clues and elaborate puzzles, trying to catch a serial killer whose crimes bare a striking resemblance to an old...
- 4/14/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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