Garrett Kroschel,
Charlotte Gerson,
David Kennedy,
John Olney,
Hal Huggins
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A troubled 15-year-old boy attempting to cope with the recent death of his mother sets out to research Dr. Max Gerson's claims of a diet that can cure cancer as his first assignment for home-schooling... read more
DVD Release Date: March 15, 2011
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Flixster Reviews (107)
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May 12, 2012A MUST WATCH if there ever was one. This film explicitly defines the ignorance and corruption of American society. In the face of a scientific truth, many parties continue to seek their own satisfaction rather than admit that Gerson therapy has cured many "terminal" diseases such... read more
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June 5, 2010Amazing movie. The information that the Alaskan teenager discovered is simply mind blowing. The movie also shows how certain corporations do not care about people.
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May 4, 2010If you enjoy Documentary type films, then this is a must see. Overlooking it's flaws to the simple points trying to be conveyed in the film, it is food for thought.
Critic Reviews
January 9, 2009
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
November 26, 2008
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Comes off mostly like a hybrid of retro-style educational film and late-night infomercial. Full Review
November 14, 2008
Nathan Lee, New York Times
The Beautiful Truth is a documentary about contemporary health hazards and alternative treatments.
November 14, 2008
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
There may be truth in what Kroschel says, but you won't find it in this pedantic film, which has all the veracity of a late-night TV infomercial. Full Review
November 12, 2008
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
While docu's claims and criticism yield nothing especially new, the form of their exposition seems singularly ingenious, stylistically falling somewhere between a 1950s educational film and some sort ... Full Review
November 12, 2008
Tim Grierson, Village Voice
Kroschel positions The Beautiful Truth as a sort of instructional video for young people on the merits of eating healthy, but its creepy messianic vibe is far more toxic than all the pollutants in all... Full Review
April 17, 2011
James Plath, Movie Metropolis
Caveat emptor really applies here, because your health is at stake. Do your research, do your homework, and use common sense. Full Review
November 21, 2008
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A powerful documentary that offers both a chilling expose of the toxins in our food that are causing so much disease and an affirmation of a plant-oriented therapy that has cured cancer in many indivi... Full Review
November 18, 2008
Eric Monder, Film Journal International
An unusual and sobering documentary which turns conventional wisdom about health matters on its head. Full Review
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