Morgan Spurlock’s follow-up to Super Size Me is a fun voyage around the Middle East, but it’s longer on touchy-feely we-are-the-world vibes than factual information. The whiz-bang video game graphics that dominate the beginning of the documentary are probably a better fit for a movie about visiting McDonald’s that one that’s about visiting regular folks in Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Morocco. Like Michael Moore, Spurlock injects his own story (and his wife’s pregnancy) into the movie, and a bit of comedy, but he’s way less prescriptive, if also less informative. And, not to give away the ending, but he never does find Osama bin Laden.
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viewed 4/2/08 (screening at Bridge); reviewed 4/18/08
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