The latest in a line of documentaries critiquing the American diet, "Fed Up" quickly zeroes in on what would appear to be its villain. According to the film, added sugar, in all forms ...

The greatest villain to appear on movie screens this summer isn't a serial killer, terrorist or giant monster. It's sugar. How evil a villain is it? According to the new documentary "Fed Up ...

A new documentary, Fed Up, alleges it all boils down to a simple substance most of us consume every day: sugar. The pushers of "the new tobacco," according to the film, are the food industry and ...

Fed Up is a new documentary that asks why America's rate of obesity ... Director Stephanie Soechtig and producer Laurie David discuss the making of the film. Find a recipe for roast chicken with lemon ...

But it also diminishes the film's cinematic vim. "Fed Up" is most affecting when it dispenses with the textbooks and the moralizing and focuses on human stories, dropping in on the lives of a ...

Is ‘Fed Up’ the Next ‘Inconvenient Truth and Other ... and leading doctors and researchers, the film argues that the sugar added to processed foods is largely to blame for rising obesity ...

but a bit of a distraction from Fed Up’s educational mission. The film’s real strength is actually in Katie Couric’s refined news-anchor delivery, and her skill, charm, and celebrity likely ...

About 10 years ago, fed up with the limited options open to her ... But even though they were accepted into a variety of film festivals, she had trouble getting further distribution.

Despite the film’s worthy goals, there are some empty calories. Katie Couric’s narration and Soechtig’s uninspired style make it feel more like a TV special than a feature documentary.

The film is less pointed in focusing on the obese ... Are there no fat Minnesota teens, no obese New Yorkers? What makes “Fed Up” a tolerable harangue are both the humor injected into it ...