SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY CHICKEN!
An informative but flawed chicken-industry exposé best saved for adults at home.
Should You Watch It?
Morgan Spurlock’s documentary offers a revealing look at fast-food chicken, farming practices, government regulations, and the debt facing some farmers. Its strongest contribution is showing how little the average consumer may know about where food comes from, how animals are raised, and whether food is actually healthy.
But the film’s perspective is incomplete. It blames corporate greed and capitalism while, according to the source review, missing the larger problem of monopolistic practices, government collusion, limited competition, and excessive government power. The documentary also includes disturbing images and strong foul language.
You may find its questions about truth, gluttony, animal treatment, and food valuable. Because of the content and the film’s flawed analysis, watch it at home, if at all, and only with discerning adults.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESMorgan Spurlock investigates the fast-food chicken industry by opening his own restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. He buys baby chicks, works with a chicken farmer, helps develop the restaurant’s menu and marketing, and tries to tell customers the truth about what they are eating.
Along the way, the documentary examines chicken farming, industry regulations, the treatment of farmers, and the way restaurants present food as healthier than it is.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this documentary has real value but falls short because its analysis is incomplete. Spurlock’s investigation shines light on business practices in the American chicken industry and makes the food-production process more visible to consumers.
The film is less successful in explaining the root of the problem. Its humanist, environmentalist, anti-capitalist perspective leads it to emphasize corporate greed while overlooking monopolistic practices, collusion with government, and the damage caused by too little competition.
The Worldview
The documentary has a strong humanist worldview, but it also carries a solid moral message about telling consumers and the public the truth. It condemns gluttony, criticizes the mistreatment of animals, and highlights farmers who are kept in debt by large chicken companies and government regulations.
Its central analysis is shaped by environmentalist and anti-capitalist assumptions. Spurlock presents corporate greed as the main cause of the industry’s problems. The source review argues instead that large chicken companies are using monopolistic practices and colluding with government, stifling competition and violating the free market. The film therefore raises legitimate concerns but does not fully explain them.
The documentary’s longing for honesty is one place where it aligns with Scripture. Yet its humanist framework leaves truth disconnected from God’s authority. Scripture says, “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor” (Ephesians 4:25).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Strong humanist worldview but with a solid moral message about telling consumers and the public the truth about how the American chicken industry is being run, including the socialist monopolistic practices of the big chicken companies who collude with bureaucrats in the state and federal governments regulating the industry, thus stifling the free market and keeping farmers in debt to the big companies, plus movie condemns gluttony and the mistreatment of animals, in this case chickens, but the movie’s humanist worldview couches its crusade in a strong politically correct and strong environmentalist, anti-capitalist manner that actually undermines the main argument
Foul Language
12 obscenities and profanities include one “GD” and two “f” words, plus a few uses of things like “Holy Cow”
Violence
Some disturbing and bloody images including many dead chickens and shots of chickens being beheaded by assembly line type of machines, chickens are taken to a veterinarian for an autopsy and the chickens are shown being cut open as well as sticking a Qtip in their rear end to study
Sex
No sexual content
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
No alcohol use
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drug use;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Examples of socialist government and corporation corruption throughout without any recourse or punishment, theme of greed as the companies who control the chicken industry are obviously controlling the farmers in order to make more money, and farmers have altered the way that chickens can properly grow to make more money faster.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The documentary emphasizes telling consumers the truth. Why does honesty matter even when the truth may hurt a business or change our habits?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22The film condemns gluttony and questions whether food is truly healthy. How can gratitude and self-control shape the way we eat?
Philippians 3:19 · 1 Corinthians 10:31The documentary highlights the treatment of chickens and the effects of rapid growth. What responsibilities do people have toward animals and the world God made?
Genesis 1:26–28 · Proverbs 12:10The film blames corporate greed but, according to the review, overlooks government power and lack of competition. How should Christians think about power, justice, and economic responsibility?
Micah 6:8 · Proverbs 11:1The Final Word
This documentary raises worthwhile questions about truth, food, animals, and the treatment of farmers. Its strong language, disturbing images, and incomplete worldview make it better suited to discerning adults at home than to a family screening. Our answer is WAIT FOR HOME — ADULTS ONLY. For other options, see.
