Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is a 2010 American documentary film which follows the 60day journey of Australian Joe Cross across the United States as he follows a juice fast to regain his health under the care of Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Nutrition Research Foundations Director of Research. Cross and Robert Mac, cocreators of the film, both serve on the Nutrition Research Foundations Advisory Board. Following his fast and the adoption of a plantbased diet, Cross states in a press release that he lost 100 pounds and discontinued all medications.

Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead won the Turning Point Award and shared the Audience Choice Award Documentary Film at the 2010 Sonoma International Film Festival. The film has received mixed reviews with review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes giving it a rating of 67 fresh and Metacritic having an average score of 45 out of 100, based onreviews. The Hollywood Reporter called it an infomercial passing itself off a documentary The New York Times stated that the film is no great shakes as a movie, but as an ad for Mr. Crosss wellness program its nowhealthy heart is in the right place. ........

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