Forks Over Knives 2011

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It lacks the authority, simple displays of hard numbers, contrary voices and the like, that we need from a documentary this provocative. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Makes a pedantic yet persuasive case for banishing meat and dairy from the dinner table. Read more

Andrew Schenker, Time Out: Makes effective use of case studies and graphs to build a convincing, if inevitably simplified, argument for better living through fresh produce. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Fulkerson methodically makes the case that we've been brainwashed by repetition and clever advertising campaigns. Read more

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: It isn't possible to examine the scientific arguments in a movie review, but as advocacy documentaries go, this is a pretty good one. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Forks over Knives is tasty but somewhat undercooked. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Even if you're a junk-food junkie, this exploration of the health benefits of a ''plant-based diet'' is so scrupulously researched and argued that only a fool would ignore its findings. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Explains in unflinching detail how we damage ourselves through our eating habits yet insists that it is within our grasp to change course. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: The radical notion at the heart of the acclaimed doc "Forks Over Knives" is that eating animals and animal-produced foods has costs -- on our economy, our health-care system and on ourselves. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Sound advice, perhaps, but it's presented in deadly dull fashion -- talking heads and academic charts -- reminiscent of an infomercial. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Instead of preaching, why don't the nutrition Nazis figure out a way to make plant-based foods taste better? You are never going to force an entire population to live on spinach. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Movies are like food. There are popcorn pictures that entertain you and the spinach movies that are good for you. In more ways than one, Forks Over Knives is a spinach flick. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The bottom line: I am convinced this message is true. A plant-based whole foods diet is healthy. Read more

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: A must-see movie that could have used a sharper edge. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A persuasive documentary on the health benefits of a whole-foods and plant-based diet. Read more

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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Forks Over Knives is a middling documentary but a magnificent indictment. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: One of the more convincing, radical and politically volatile docus to come out of the burgeoning good-food genre. Read more

Michelle Orange, Village Voice: Beyond the film's awkward reliance on stock footage and explanations of basic biology is an interesting overview of the work of two men, scientist Colin Campbell and surgeon Caldwell Esselstyn. Read more

Sean O'Connell, Washington Post: As it stands, "Forks" is an interesting and informative health lecture that's sandwiched into a dry, repetitive documentary. Read more