Critical Movie Review Template # 1

Name : Date: April 01, 2019

Science, Technology, and Society
Course: GED104

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Critical Movie Review Template

In a critical movie review, you systematically evaluate a film’s effectiveness

including what it does well and what it does poorly. It can be used to discuss a
science and technology documentary film. You must review the film carefully and
may need to look up terms or concepts you are unfamiliar with or research related
reading prior to writing your review.

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Title of Film: That Sugar Film
Genre: Documentary

Introduction
The film is all about the consumption of sugar. And if it would be beneficial to
the health of the people consuming it. We all know that sugar is one of the main
ingredients in most of the products every human is consuming. Glucose, which is
one form of sugar, is very evident in foods such as breads, vegetables, grains, and
pastas. As well as for our body, brain, and cells. Lactose, another form of sugar is
evident in cheese and milks. Another is Sucrose, which is believed as one sugar that
is dangerous which is evident in teas, coffees, juices, and many more. But as time
goes by, Fructose is becoming the sugar that is evident in most of the things we
eat. One research was revealed that 20% of goods will only remain if products that
has sugar will be removed in grocery stores.

On September 22, 1955, a US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered heart

attack, and there were two theories that caused such a heart failure. An American
scientist once claimed that fat is the cause of the heart attack, but the British doctor
said that sugar is the cause of such thing. As the US President died, it was believed
that fat is the cause of the health failure of the president. Thus, causing the public
to refrain from eating fatty foods, and starts to use sugar as an alternative.
The director of this film is the main actor himself wherein his goal is to find
out the effects of consuming high amount of sugar in his healthy body. Since
Damon Gameau is the director and the actor himself, he easily portrayed
protagonist of the story.

The film is worth screening because it depicts what is really happening in

reality. This film is not about fantasies or fictions that would sugar coat what reality
is. This film is not like action films that would show too much action that is not really
happening in reality, instead this film portrays the actual thing that is happening to
our health. It would also help spread awareness about one’s health in regard to high
consumption of sugar.

Plot Synopsis
This film is all about Damon Gameau’s experiment on himself. From being a
guy that is healthy, having no consumption of refined sugar, to a guy that is
consuming a high amount of sugar. Before Damon Gameau met his girlfriend, one
of his lifestyles is the over consumption of sugar. But as he met his girlfriend, he
cuts off eating sugar in his diet and started to live healthy. As time goes by, their
baby is about to be born and he is wondering if sugar will be beneficial to the health
of a person. That’s why he started to eat sugar and find out the cause of sugar to
his health. As he does such experiment on his body, he documents the effects of
the over consumption of sugar on a healthy person. The plot of the film is
predictable because every other films or movies has it’s cause and effect, and
knowing the cause and effect of sugar, the plot can be predictable easily.

Themes
Eudaimonia means good life. With the overproduction and over consumption
of sugar-based products, it would hinder a person from achieving eudaimonia
wherein high consumption of sugar would cause some risks in someone’s health.
Consuming sugar may feel like you are already achieving Eudaimonia, you thought
that because of the sugar-based products, Eudaimonia is achieved, but in the end,
too much of something isn’t good. Consuming large amount of sugar may seem
really nice at first, but then throughout time, illness such as diabetes may occur to a
person. Too much sweet is dangerous.

In my opinion, if a person is attaining a good life, one’s should aim to have a

healthy lifestyle and a healthy body. Because one person would not be able to
attain a good life if one’s body is at risk of a health failure. Industries should cut
down sugar-based products for the consumers to attain a good life and find such
alternatives for sugar that can still lead the consumers to in achieving a good life.

Conclusion
In the film which is merely focused on the experiment and research done by
Damon Gameau, it would affect the society as people starts to be cautious with
their sugar consumption. That with the scientific researches and experiment done
relating to the sugar intake of a person and such causes it does to one’s body, it
would change the perspective of the society as they intake sugar.

It amazes me that there are really such films that is conveying the truth
about one’s health wherein scientific researches and experiments were done to
impart the truth to the viewers. Because some films are only focused on
entertaining people as they sugar coat people from the truth. I encourage the
people to watch this film for it portrays what is really happening in our society and
with the lives of every people. Because as they watch this film, it would change
their perspective in terms of their diet as well as being cautious with their food
intake.