America The Beautiful

Name: America The Beautiful
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-08-01
Rating: 6.2

Is America obsessed with beauty?

Documentary1h 45m

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73%

Tomatometer

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66%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by covering every base. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.

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DirectorDarryl Roberts

ReleasedAug 1, 2008

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideRUS

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

5 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“This doc doesn't expose any new territory about our unattainable standards of beauty, but does manage to entertain with an effective and accessible tone by filmmaker/subject Darryl Roberts.”

73% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Jessica Reaves

RTChicago TribuneOct 18, 2008

Despite the occasional flash of insight, and a few semi-shocking factoids, most women are going to find this movie roughly as illuminating as a remedial math class might be for a Nobel-prize winning physicist.

Nathan Rabin

RTAV ClubOct 18, 2008

Perhaps in future exposes Roberts will uncover that ice is cold and furnaces hot.

Leba Hertz

RTSan Francisco ChronicleAug 29, 2008

In the documentary America the Beautiful, Roberts explores the cult of beauty in the United States and mostly succeeds in unmasking the flaws of fetishizing skin-deep beauty.

Debbie Lynn Elias

RTBehind The LensNov 6, 2019

Touching on the tip of an iceberg, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL takes you to the precipice with its thought provoking commentary on our society and then keeps you hanging on long after you leave the theater...