America the Beautiful
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- Synopsis
- Looking at the cover of popular fashion magazines and examining the lengths that young girls will go to in order to achieve "perfection," it's easy to see why many people believe that America has developed an unhealthy obsession with beauty....
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- Director(s)
- Darryl Roberts
- Distributor(s)
- First Independent
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
America the Beautiful carries a persuasive message, and is all the more effective because of the level tone that Roberts adopts.Read the full review
Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites
Wide-ranging educational documentary attaches itself to the rise and fall of a 12-year-old fashion model, and indeed, its sincere, cautionary tone seems best suited to younger auds and small screen exposure.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites
Roberts blunders amiably and cluelessly through his amateurish eyesore of a documentary on society's obsession with beauty, perpetually searching for a thesis that will transform a shambling mess of half-baked thoughts and pointless digressions into a real documentary.Read the full review