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About this movie

Genres:
Documentary
Language:
English
Running time:
1:36:01
Partner rating:
PG
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. T. Colin Campbell
  2. Caldwell B. Esselstyn
  3. Jr.
  4. Neal Barnard
  5. Junshi Chen
  6. Connie B. Diekman
  7. David Klurfeld
  8. Matthew Lederman
  9. Alona Pulde
  10. Doug Lisle
  11. Terry Mason
  12. John McDougall
  13. Pam Popper
  14. Joey Aucoin
  15. Gene Baur
  16. Mac Danzig
  17. Rip Esselstyn
  18. Ruth Heidrich
  19. San'Dera Nation
  20. Evelyn Oswick
  21. Anthony Yen

Directors

  1. Lee Fulkerson

Producers

  1. Brian Wendel
  2. John Corry

Writers

  1. Lee Fulkerson

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Documentary filmmaker Lee Fulkerson explores the possibility that so-called "diseases of affluence," such as heart disease, can be reversed by simply adjusting our diets to include less processed and animal-based foods. Back in the 1960s, Cornell University nutritional scientist Dr. T. Colin Campbell was working to find a way to feed the citizens of impoverished Third World nations when a trip to the Philippines forever changed the way he thou... Documentary filmmaker Lee Fulkerson explores the possibility that so-called "diseases of affluence," such as heart disease, can be reversed by simply adjusting our diets to include less processed and animal-based foods. Back in the 1960s, Cornell University nutritional scientist Dr. T. Colin Campbell was working to find a way to feed the citizens of impoverished Third World nations when a trip to the Philippines forever changed the way he thought about food consumption. There, he discovered that the rates of liver cancer among affluent children who subsisted on diets rich in animal-based foods were notably higher than in children consuming plant-based diets. Meanwhile, surgeon Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, head of the Breast Cancer Task Force at Cleveland Clinic, was also discovering that many of the diseases he was seeing in patients were practically nonexistent in areas of the world where people were primarily consuming plant foods. Several subsequent investigations by the researchers (who would not meet each other until the 1980s), including a groundbreaking study in China by Dr. Campbell, led them to the revelation that a whole-food, plant-based diet could prevent, and even reverse, such degenerative conditions as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some forms of cancer. In this film, Fulkerson examines Dr. Campbell's and Dr. Esselstyn's theories by following the two doctors' individual, yet very similar, story arcs, from their farm-based upbringings to their astounding discoveries. The film also records the experiences of a group of patients suffering from chronic maladies as they participate in an experiment in which their diets are substantially altered and wholesome, plant-based food is, essentially, used as medicine.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

59%Tomatometer score: 59% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Rick Groen, Globe and Mail Forks Over Knives is a middling documentary but a magnificent indictment. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Tom Long, Detroit News Forks over Knives is tasty but somewhat undercooked. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    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. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune A persuasive documentary on the health benefits of a whole-foods and plant-based diet. Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Sean O'Connell, Washington Post As it stands, "Forks" is an interesting and informative health lecture that's sandwiched into a dry, repetitive documentary. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    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. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle A must-see movie that could have used a sharper edge. Full review External link
  8. Positive review
    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. Full review External link
  9. Positive review
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times The bottom line: I am convinced this message is true. A plant-based whole foods diet is healthy. Full review External link

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