Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Fulkerson
Written byLee Fulkerson
Produced byJohn Corry
Brian Wendel
StarringT. Colin Campbell, Ph.D
Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D.
John A. McDougall, M.D.
Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
Rip Esselstyn
Edited byJohn Orfanopoulos
Brian Crance
Michael Fahey
Music byRamón Balcázar
Production
company
Monica Beach Media
Distributed byVirgil Films and Entertainment
Release dates
  • May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06) (limited release)
  • August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30) (DVD)[1]
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Forks Over Knives is a 2011 American documentary film which argues that avoiding animal products and ultra-processed foods, and instead eating a whole-food, plant-based diet (whole grains, legumes, tubers, vegetables, and fruits), may serve as a form of chronic illness intervention.

Summary

Through an examination of the careers of American physician Caldwell Esselstyn and professor of nutritional biochemistry T. Colin Campbell, Forks Over Knives claims that many diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer, can be prevented and treated by eating a whole-food, plant-based diet, avoiding processed food and food from animals.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

The film includes an overview of the 20-year China–Cornell–Oxford Project that led to Professor Campbell's findings, outlined in his book The China Study (2005), in which he suggests that coronary artery disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer can be linked to the Western diet of processed and animal-based foods (including dairy products).[8]

The premise of the film was to create the "reverse" of the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, where the film's director "goes on this diet and gets better, instead of getting fatter and sicker."[9]

Reception

The film premiere took place on May 2, 2011 at the SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Actor Angela Bassett attended the premiere.[10]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 59% based on reviews from 37 critics and 79% audience rating.[11] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[12]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote: "here is a film that could save your life." He commented that "Forks Over Knives is not subtle. It plays as if it had been made for doctors to see in medical school."[13] Loren King of The Boston Globe gave it three out of four stars and remarked that "what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming, Lee Fulkerson's persuasive documentary does for a vegan diet".[5] Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four stars and described it as "an earnest and fact-filled work of food evangelism."[14] Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times described it as making "a pedantic yet persuasive case for banishing meat and dairy from the dinner table," while also being a "trudge through statistics, graphs and grainy film of cholesterol bubbles and arterial plaque."[15]

Sean O'Connell of The Washington Post gave the film two out of four stars and argued that it is "an interesting and informative health lecture that's sandwiched into a dry, repetitive documentary" and said that "it's desperately in need of charisma, humor or personality to balance the steady stream of scientific facts we're asked to absorb".[16] Rex Reed of The New York Observer gave the film 2/4, criticizing its "funereal" tone and writing, "the movie says nothing we don't already know, and 96 minutes is too long to tell us how sick we are."[17] Corey Hall of the Metro Times gave the film a "C" and stated that "while it's impossible to dispute the basic premise that eating more vegetables is good for you, Forks adopts a staunch anti-meat and -dairy stance that leaves the door open for criticism."[18]

Producer Brian Wendel told journalist Avery Yale Kamila of the Portland Press Herald that "it's been very hard to get publicity. It's happened several times at very large publications who said, 'We're sorry, we can't (run a story about the film) because of our advertisers." Kamila reported that "Despite the trouble the filmmakers encountered with some mainstream media outlets, the film has generated significant buzz in the social media sphere."[19]

The film was awarded the Documentary/Special Interest Title of the Year in 2012 by the Entertainment Merchants Association.[20]

VegNews listed it as one of "The 18 Best Vegan Documentaries to Start Streaming Now" in 2024.[21]

Books

  • Alona Pulde M.D., Matthew Lederman M.D. The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet, 2014.
  • Sroufe, Del. Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, 2012.
  • Stone, Gene. Forks Over Knives: The Plant Based Way to Health, 2011.

See also

References

  1. ^ Times, Seattle (2011-08-30). "New DVDs: 'Madea's Big Happy Family,' 'Forks Over Knives'". Seattletimes.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Forks Over Knives Diet Explained - Frequently Asked Questions". forksoverknives.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. ^ Hickman, Angela (16 May 2011). "The food revolution of Forks Over Knives will not be processed". National Post. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  4. ^ Knight, Chris (19 May 2011). "Film Review: Forks Over Knives (3 stars)". National Post. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  5. ^ a b Loren King (16 May 2011). "Documentary argues virtues of a vegan diet". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ Jeannette Catsoulis (5 May 2011). "Soul Food, Vegan Style". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  7. ^ Kasey (21 December 2011). "Exclusive interview with Lee Fulkerson, writer and director of 'Forks Over Knives'". TDIV.
  8. ^ "Forks Over Knives: The Official Movie Website (Synopsis)". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  9. ^ "An Oral History of Forks Over Knives, the Film That's Been Changing Lives for a Decade". Forks Over Knives. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  10. ^ Staff, G. O. T. (2011-05-04). "Celebs Seen on the Scene: Anika Noni Rose, Idris Elba, Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and More!". Gossip On This. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  11. ^ "Forks Over Knives | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  12. ^ "Forks Over Knives: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  13. ^ Roger Ebert (11 May 2011). "'Forks over Knives' review ('Eat meat and die!')". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  14. ^ "'Forks Over Knives': A bad-diet horror story". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  15. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2011-05-06). "Soul Food, Vegan Style". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  16. ^ "Forks over Knives review". The Washington Post. May 13, 2011. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  17. ^ "New York Observer Review". Observer.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  18. ^ Hall, Corey. "Forks Over Knives Metro Times Review". Metrotimes.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  19. ^ Kamila, Avery Yale (2011-06-08). "Natural Foodie: Film prescribes whole foods, plant-based diet". Press Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  20. ^ "EMA Recognizes Indie Films and TV Series". 2012 Entertainment Merchants Association’s Independent Home Entertainment Award. June 2012. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  21. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (April 19, 2024). "The 18 Best Vegan Documentaries to Start Streaming Now". VegNews. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

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