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Peter Travers: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Is Hilarious and Eye-Opening


Peter Travers says that Morgan Spurlocks new documentary, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, is the best and most depressing thing playing at theaters this weekend. Spurlocks film, which Travers declares is the filmmakers most accomplished since Super Size Me, is a hilarious and eye-opening look at the omnipresence of product placement and advertising in movies and pop culture. Its a documentary that tells you even while youre laughing that were all going to hell in a sponsored handbasket.

This Weeks Movie Reviews:

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Water for Elephants

Rio

Incendies

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