IT'S TIME FOR FRIDAY FLICKS.
THE THREE MOVIE- TEERS ARE
TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME. TODAY
WE ARE REVIEWING BEING FRANK
AND SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY
CHICKEN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
FILM ARE CRITICS CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL. IT'S
TIME FOR FRIDAY FLICKS. THE
THREE MOVIE- TEERS ARE
TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME. TODAY
WE ARE REVIEWING BEING FRANK
AND SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY
CHICKEN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
FILM ARE CRITICS CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL.
FILMMAKER MORGAN SPURLOCK
OPENS HIS OWN CHICKEN
RESTAURANT TO EXPLORE INDUSTRY
CLAIMS THAT FAST FOOD IS NOW
HEALTHIER AND MORE NATURAL AND
ORGANIC. SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY
CHICKEN! IS A 2017 AMERICAN
DOCUMENTARY FILM DIRECTED BY
MORGAN SPURLOCK. A SEQUEL TO
THE 2004 FILM SUPER SIZE ME,
IT EXPLORES THE WAYS IN WHICH
THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY HAS
REBRANDED ITSELF AS HEALTHIER
SINCE HIS ORIGINAL FILM
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
SPURLOCK WORKING TO OPEN HIS
OWN FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, THUS
EXPOSING SOME OF THE WAYS IN
WHICH THAT REBRANDING IS MORE
PERCEPTION THAN REALITY.[2] AT
THE 2017 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE IT
PREMIERED ON SEPTEMBER 8,
2017, THE FILM WAS SECOND
RUNNER- UP FOR THE PEOPLE'S
CHOICE AWARD FOR
DOCUMENTARIES.[3] [2]
FOLLOWING ITS PREMIERE,
YOUTUBE ANNOUNCED THEY HAD
PURCHASED DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
TO THE FILM TO STREAM ON
YOUTUBE RED FOR $3.5
MILLION.[4] IN DECEMBER 2017,
YOUTUBE RED DROPPED THE FILM
AFTER SPURLOCK ADMITTED TO
PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND HARASSMENT.[5]
THE PRODUCTION COMPANY WARRIOR
POETS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE
FILM WAS BEING PULLED FROM THE
2018 SUNDANCE FILM
FESTIVAL.[5] SAMUEL GOLDWYN
FILMS RELEASED THE FILM IN
THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
AND RELEASED IT ON VOD A WEEK
LATER.[1] WHILE CELEBRATING
SPRING BREAK, 17- YEAR-OLD
PHIL IS SHOCKED TO SEE HIS
FATHER WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
ACROSS STATE LINES. HIS LIFE
GETS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN EVEN
MORE WHEN HE LEARNS THAT GOOD
OLD DAD ACTUALLY HAS AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FAMILY
LIVING IN TOWN.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE MORNING