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Facing the Fat

Name: Facing the Fat
Genre: Family, Documentary, Drama
Released: 2009-01-18
Cast: Kenny Saylors, Sonia Woodfield, L. Sullivan, Paul Allan Brunotto, Ata Servati

2009 | 101 min | Family, Documentary, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for families and the curious. If you loved David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, start here.
The mood: Feel-good, eye-opening.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off: Nothing much for most grown-ups.

Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.

How it earned its rating

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AudiencesNot counted
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AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew

Directed by Kenny Saylors

Kenny SaylorsHimself
Sonia WoodfieldHerself
L. SullivanHerself
Paul Allan BrunottoHimself
Ata ServatiHimself
Jeremy GilbreathHimself