Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

I saw this once and had to buy it. It is smart, funny and can be eye-opening to those less knowledgable about what goes on in the branding industry. I gave this to a pre-teen to wake them up to what they are consuming and it worked for the better. Spurlock is both funny and keeps it light while also educating people about how much influence the companies that are household names control what goes into making movies they back and how much control they exert. The teens who saw it loved it, so this is a very approachable documentary with great production values. Kudos to the companies that had the guts to back him. I made it a point after to let each one know that their willingness to peel bak they veil is why I have at least tried their products (still not rich enough to “try” a Mini). And not surprisingly, those companies tend to actually have quality products since they can stand the scrutiny Spurlock shines on them. Also, it was vey cool on Mane and Tail to allow one of Spurlock’s best jokes… Still waiting for that great POM commercial Morgan pitched but was shot down. C’mon POM: I know that you are a Jewish mother [the POM Marketing VP] but surely your kids have a sense of humor. Do it for the children. ;)

Not too many people saw this movie, but it's really terrific. Basically, it's a movie about how Morgan Spurlock want to finance his movie, which is about product placements in movies. Got that? There is a bit of hall of mirrors quality to it, but that just makes it fun while driving home the point about ads in movies. He gets people like Ralph Nadar and Donald Trump to talk about ads. You'll learn inside secrets, such as how movie trailers are made to produce the most brain activity in viewers, and that the three big themes of successful ads are Sex, Fear, and Cravings. He shows how our educational system is being corrupted by corporations. In the end, he raises $1.5 million from corporate sponsors who pay him to place their products in the movie. He gently spoofs some of them, but it's a serious message.

I love Morgan Spurlock, but didn't know this film existed until I stumbled on it while searching for a relevant movie to show my class for their unit on propaganda and advertising. This was fascinating and hit all the right notes to demonstrate the issues we'd been studying and the right amount of absurdity to appeal to high school students. It will definitely be making a yearly appearance in my classroom.

Morgan Spurlock is famous for "Supersize Me", the McDonald's binge eating documentary and also did a TV series called 30 days where he did lots of different things for 30 days each. He's great at documentaries and he's super funny! This one however doesn't really do it for me. It's an interesting idea (funding a movie about ads and sponsors by using only money from those ads and sponsors) but it just comes off a bit dry. I don't think it's his fault it's just the topic. Like I said, interesting and somewhat funny but the premise I think is inherently empty.

I visited Altoona, PA when it was briefly renamed POM presents the Greatest movie ever sold. It was interesting to watch, but being only a long commercial, I would not watch it again. The movie arrived as expected and was in fine shape.

I have enjoyed everything Morgan Spurlock has produced and this is no exception, its pithy honest and not over the top. Morgan tackles issues while remaining objective in a way that I always wished my homie Micheal Moore had done. I could watch his tv shows and documentaries with my republican parents without making too much of a stir which is perfect for helping us all get closer to the same page on the issues that matter to me. That said this isn't really a home run in the way most all of his other stuff has been, presumably we are feeling the effects of some compromise that was inevitable given this concept: How to sell out and still tell the story you WANT to tell #impossible in that way this film more perfectly illustrates the concept it set out to illustrate that all the world is watered down by our need to avoid offending big business and interest groups that control with their dollars. $$$$ worth a watch.

I rate this movie a 5 star. I rate this item, the DVD, a minus 1 with no star. Here's the problem with the DVD....If you like being forced to watch previews of coming attractions that you CAN NOT skip through before being allowed to view the feature film, then this DVD is for you. But not for me. I got my new copy, couldn't get through the previews so I took that DVD, which was attempting to take control of this consumer's life, and threw it right into the trash. Great Movie, however, the company that distributed this DVD has many "coming attractions" on the front that can not be negotiated through. THAT company sucks to high heaven. Too bad. Of course this is just one man's opinion, now shared.

I saw this movie in the theatre and loved it. Couldn't wait for it to come out in DVD. Bought 2. One for a friend and one for me. Mr. Spurlock's take on how a movie raises money is "transparent". When you see a movie, you see a box of some product. The company that makes that product pays a sum to the producers for the product to be seen. Mr. Spurlock went all out and called it. The whole move is "sponsor driven" and his humorous dialogue and filming of the process is hysterical. Love this film - Also liked his previous documentary "Super Size Me".

Excelente peli para conocer y transmitir la importancia del Product Placement en el sector audiovisual actual... De hecho la peli se ha financiado íntegramente de esta manera. Todo con el peculiar estilo del director/presentador, que garantiza entretenimiento y un ritmo un poco frenético.

Perfect for my media class!

what can I say: this movie was a wasting money, 15 minutes later we was finish, wasting money: IRENE

Could have been better. Loved the concept.

Dvd is empty - nothing is on it. Was going to use it for my college lecture...tried on several computers. Really messed up my lecture...not happy.