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Is America obsessed with beauty?
Is America obsessed with beauty?
Documentary - 2008
America The Beautiful
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In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by covering every base. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.
Director:
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Darryl Roberts

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
1 Aug 2008
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Unexpectedly witty and affecting.
– Reece Pendleton,
Chicago Reader,
22 Aug 2008
rotten:
With so many pointless detours ripping you away, the film feels as lamely digressive as the proverbial one-track guy whose head won't stop turning as each new temptation walks by.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Aug 2008
fresh:
In the documentary America the Beautiful, Roberts explores the cult of beauty in the United States and mostly succeeds in unmasking the flaws of fetishizing skin-deep beauty.
– Leba Hertz,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Aug 2008
rotten:
Despite the occasional flash of insight, and a few semi-shocking factoids, most women are going to find this movie roughly as illuminating as a remedial math class might be for a Nobel-prize winning physicist.
– Jessica Reaves,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Perhaps in future exposes Roberts will uncover that ice is cold and furnaces hot.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
18 Oct 2008
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