America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful is the newest documentary to tackle the issue of America's obsession with beauty. It mainly chronicles a 12 year old model becoming a grownup in the fashion industry, but also touches on plastic surgery, human insecurities, and an... Full review

America the Beautiful" opens with shots of a pretty girl named Gerren Taylor, who looks terrific in the skimpiest of bikinis and draws admiration at a topless pool party, although she keeps her top on. Roberts has a powerful message in "America the Beautiful," but he includes too much material not really necessary for his story. ... Full Review

The inquiring mind of filmmaker Darryl Roberts lacks focus and America the Beautiful is neither philosophical, analytical, artful nor moving. The nexus is logical but deeply unsatisfying, to the point of rendering America the Beautiful shallowand a prime candidate for a makeover. ... Full Review

Thats not necessarily where Roberts wanted to go, but moviegoers who give "America the Beautiful" a chance will be glad he did. With so much ground to cover and enough material for several hours, "America the Beautiful" can be difficult to follow, but Roberts smartly returns to Gerren Taylor and her journey through the fashion modeling world. ... Full Review

Roberts is nothing if not ambitious; he seems determined to cover every topic under the "beauty" umbrella, from eating disorders to misogyny in the modeling industry to carcinogens (phthalates) in cosmetics to the dangers of plastic surgery. All these years later, director Darryl Roberts has finally gotten the message: Women suffer all sorts of indignities, anxieties and pain in our futile attempts to achieve a narrow, twisted standard of attractiveness. ... Full Review

America The Beautiful, nourishing food for thought as a remarkable antidote to female self-loathing in a calorically depriving culture. Threaded throughout this scathing investigative inquiry, is the disturbing and at times heartbreaking spotlight on the tragic rise and hasty fall of overnight LA supermodel sensation Gerren Taylor. ... Full Review

Early on in the film, you spoke about the girl that got away Was this whole film a love letter to this girl? No, as a matter of fact, I went out of my way to make sure she never... ... Full Article

It's inspired some of the world's greatest poems and books.Men have gone to war over it.Our economy likely could not exist without it. ... Full Article

Fascination with slender beauty, at the expense of health and self-worth, is the main pursuit of "America the Beautiful," a mostly even-toned documentary on one of the country's troubling obsessions. ... Full Article

In almost 40,000 media messages a year, youthful Americas are being told that, unless you look like supermodels and rock stars, youre not good enough for anyone to love. ... Full Article

Oscar-nominated freaks are sniffing our hair, Batman's looking fierce while he falls apart and the Bunny knives sure seem to be out over at the booby-trapped Playboy Mansionbe very careful as you goss with us today! ... Full Article