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Looking at the cover of popular fashion magazines and examining the lengths that young girls will go to in order to achieve "perfection," it's easy to see why many people believe that America has deve... read more
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Flixster Reviews (74)
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November 10, 2010A GREAT documentary that told me things I already knew but alot of things I didnt know as well (Dogs getting plastic surgery?!) I'd recommend anybody & everybody to go see it once or twice.Does America have an unhealthy obsession with beauty? YES we do!
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February 27, 2010Informative, with some very effective interviews. It makes it?s point very clearly. A good variety of people were interviewed, giving different perspectives and keeping the story interesting.
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September 17, 2008highly recommend watching to girls & a few boys who care to see how much society standards are placed on "beauty".
Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune
August 29, 2008
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle
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. Full Review
August 22, 2008
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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. Full Review
August 1, 2008
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Interesting but messy.
August 1, 2008
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Though not the most sophisticated movie, Darryl Roberts' earnest documentary gets its points across with enough power to make it a valuable experience for both adolescent girls and their parents. Full Review
August 1, 2008
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Clueless, directionless and altogether pointless, America the Beautiful will outrage only those who have spent the last 50 years in suspended animation. Full Review
July 30, 2008
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Hardly revelatory, sometimes downright redundant pic nevertheless covers its myriad bases succinctly, while rejecting both grandstanding indignation and self-nullifying 'fairness'. Full Review
July 29, 2008
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
There's no evidence provided as to what separates us from other modern, media-soaked nations (and even less made of the fact that, for a people allegedly obsessed with self-image, we're fatties). Full Review
May 16, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Carries a persuasive message, and is all the more effective because of the level tone that [Director Darryl] Roberts adopts. Full Review
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