If the title doesn’t scare you off, then this wee joyous journey that documents a tubby transforming himself into a trim hottie will so inspire you. Joe Cross is a successful Day Trader in Australia who has come to the conclusion that his 310 pounds and his 53” waist are the cause of his chronic autoimmune disorder. So he decides to embark on a 60-day juice fast, which he combines with a trip around the US chatting to all and sundry.…particular those of the larger variety … about their own excess weight. Armed with a juice extractor he not only survives on a total diet of vegetable and fruit juice but he flourishes and the weight literally falls off too.
One of the people he encounters enroute is Phil a truck driver from Iowa who is a hefty 429 lbs and suffering from the same illness. Two months later with Joe now 90lb lighter and back in Australia and continuing with a new balanced healthy regime, a desperate Phil calls to see if Joe’s offer of help still stands. And the second part of this movie is the metamorphsis that he undergoes and how it not only literally saves his life but also changes him totally forever (and he is 202 lbs lighter too.)
Joe Cross is no preachy Michael Moore, nor does he have the wit of Morgan Spurlock, but his unbridled passion for getting his act together is totally infectious. So he’s forgiven the few cinematic clichés that spring up in this delightful movie, and anyway he was right cos once he lost the weight the disorder totally disappeared and he is completely well.
My dilemma is not in the rating that I will give the movie, but whether I could/would have the willpower to try the Fast for just 10 days, cos I know I should.
★★★★★★★★★
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