the audience applauded

An action-packed slog

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

What the Health (2017) is a film that takes a stand on the current state of the food industry. The directors, Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn, use the film as a mode of exposing the meat and dairy industry and government-funded health organizations; they claim that animal-based products are just as cancerous as cigarettes, and are the reason why the western world is so disease-ridden. The way the directors' present their claims is weak and poorly constructed. During my viewing, I was questioning if the film was actually presenting reality. This was especially true during the last third of the film, which is almost completely dedicated to presenting personal stories of people who were ill but were "cured" by plant-based diets. Some of the interviewees said they felt more energetic and overall healthier shortly after. One interviewee apparently went from taking pills every day to being completely healthy in only two weeks after making the switch. I hate to dismiss this, but it seems too good to be true, and no scientific evidence was presented to show the new diet actually made a difference. The problem with this film is the directors' trustworthiness. I agree that processed foods may be causing illnesses, but until more studies are published showing that plant-based diets are better, I don't think you can completely undermine the benefits of animal-based products. Overall, I'd say this film is worth a viewing.

This documentary reflects our ugly behaviours with our bodies. It's like we are not conscious what we eat. And in fact, we aren't. Because we don't even know what our food contains at all...

10 minutes in, I had to stop, first time reviewing anything and seeing the amount of 10/10 this documentary has makes me wonder.. Apparently sugars are our riskless friends. Obesity comes from meat, obviously. As it is NOT a food the "homo gender" hate for thousands of years.. right?

WHAT THE HEALTH was a very entertaining documentary specifically aimed at the meat eating crowd and making them realize that their on the road to hell if they keep their diets unaltered. Meat from cows, fish, poultry and dairy foods take the beat. The documentary features what you'd expect from a diehard vegan producer: government conspiracies, health agencies being sponsored by the companies responsible for the junk food you eat, the pharmaceutical industry's perennial blame that they want to keep people "sick" in order to sell their drugs, etc. Most of the evidence is compelling, until the documentary turns into a vegan commercial with testimonies from people who changed their diets and experienced "miraculous" changes in their health. Funny thing is, WHAT THE HEALTH never talks about the veggies you eat, the pestecides they use in farming, the toxic waters used to feed these plants, etc. It's a very one sided view of things. I rarely eat meat. I actually eat more vegetables than processed meats, but I just found this documentary very subjective. I'm sure eating more veggies and fruits will make for a more healthy diet, but if that's so, how did our ancestors survive for thousands of years by eating (at times) raw and uncooked meat?!?!? That's something that's never addressed in this vegan documentary.