He goes around the world preaching to people who are willing to listen about juice fasting and how it changed his sickly world. I mean is it really worth it? Do I make enough money and do I have the will power? Well Joe cross seems to think anyone and everyone can do it. To juice fast or not to juice fast is the question, well the question I ask myself watching this movie. This documentary is directed by Kurt Engefr who also directed a controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11 and the first Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. He takes us on his continuation of his journey of juice fasting. In short, not really enough here to warrant a straight-to-video release.įat Sick and Nearly Dead 2 starts off with its main actor Joe Cross, an Australian wellness guru. Kudos to Joe to tempering his message this time and pointing out that good health is actually a pretty simple affair. A couple of boring experts are also thrown in. Anyway, the actual documentary presents a combination of a sadder and lonelier Joe looking for juice in cities he can't remember landing in, some low budget animation and brief man-on-the-street interviews about people thinking about drinking juice. To give you the short version moving to Detroit was the least of Phil's bad decisions in the intervening years between documentaries. Unfortunately, they all want to ask about Phil, (who plays the John-the-Baptist role to Joe) and Joe is forced to say in one scene: "Everyone asks about Phil and, you know, this doesn't always work for everyone". And he now has a worldwide (including the one person in Africa whom we meet) network of juiceheads to back him up. However, he's still juicin' (although he admits 30% of his calories come from the "processed" category). Some years have gone by and things haven't gone that well for Joe who reveals there is another 20 pounds of him after break-ups both romantic and financial. In part one, Australian financier and juice-pusher Joe Cross documented himself dropping pounds and helping tubby truck driver Phil avoid an early coronary by encouraging people to consume only juiced vegetables. Technically speaking there's nothing too great about this picture but fans of the first will still want to check it out. The most interesting aspect comes from visiting with Phil, the truck driver from the first film who fell on hard times and ended up gaining most of his weight back. For the most part I thought this was an entertaining film and like the first it's mainly here to try and educate people as well as teach them that there is support out there if they're needing it. The film proves that most people can juice for a week but after that it becomes a lot harder as there are just so many foods out there and of course personal drama that might cause humans to seek food as relief. This documentary tries to help people for the long haul and not just for a quick, sixty-day period. Whereas the first film showed us how much weight could be lost due to juicing, this sequel pretty much tells us that it's impossible to juice every single day and stay 100% healthy the rest of our lives. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD 2 isn't quite as good as the original film but I think it's a worthy follow-up. We learn that he went through some financial and relationship drama, which caused him to gain some of his weight back and this starts the new journey. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 (2014) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Sequel to the 2010 mega-hit has Joe Cross returning to educate people on what has happened since the previous film.
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