MPAA Rated – Not rated.
It’s 0:55 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right
| Vitality Movie Stats & Links |
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| Starring: | Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. Hyla Cass, Mari Winsor, Dr. Tim Brown |
| MPAA Rated: | Not rated. |
| Released By: | Virgil Films |
| Release Date: | October 29, 2013 |
| Kiddie Movie: | Maybe if you want them to be a health nut, or they might find the poop and pee talk funny. |
| Date Movie: | If she is on a health kick. |
| Gratuitous Sex: | It’s a documentary, but there is talk about sex in the bedroom. |
| Gratuitous Violence: | Nah. |
| Action: | Nah. |
| Laughs: | I did laugh a lot during the fake commercial for “Suprato.” |
| Memorable Scene: | Nothing really. |
| Memorable Quote: | Nothing. |
| Directed By: | Pedram Shojai |
Let me say, right off the bat, that the fake commercial for “Suprato” during the documentary “Vitality” was hilarious. That said, “Vitality,” being a documentary about health, doesn’t break new ground, but does reiterate a lot of common-sense ideas most people forget, stressing that our health system is messed up because, in general, it fights the problem with drugs instead of creating lifestyle changes, and that leading a healthy, vitality-filled life begins, for these documentarians, with four key points: Exercise, Diet, Sleep, and Mindset.
As the documentary goes along it touches on each of the subjects, with the diet-side being focused on the too-much sugar debate, that we should eat more veggies and drink more water, and the fact that the problem with most meat is actually the fact that the animals aren’t getting fed healthy diets, thereby passing along their own unhealthiness to us. Exercise delves around the fact that we sit around too much and need to move more, and in regards to sleep, the advice that the bedroom should only be used for sleeping and sex sounds great in theory, but I’m guessing for many a people, with flat-screen TV’s on the wall across from the bed, neither spouse will end up parting with their nightly entertainment nor morning news.
The mindset area of the documentary lets us know that we need to deal with stress a little better, where oddly enough my mom’s advice of “Counting to ten” is actually similar to their advice of stepping back from a situation and letting your mind calm down so you can deal with things in a more rational manner.
For the most part the documentary doesn’t get too preachy, except for maybe the “You should shop at a Farmer’s Market because the food is healthier” segment, and it doesn’t get into too much, for no better way to put it, possible weirdness, at least until there is talk of the body’s “invisible energy field,” which, sure, might sound hokey, but who really knows?
Will “Vitalty” help you become the healthiest of persons? Probably not, but it doesn’t hurt reminding us all that there aren’t too many keys to living a healthy, vitality-filled life. The documentary isn’t going to win any cinematography awards as it is, to put it bluntly, not shot well, but I suppose this one is more about trying to tell its message rather than looking good.
If you need a reminder about living a healthy life, “Vitality” isn’t bad, but for the most part it’s nothing new or groundbreaking. For me it’s a 2 star out of 5 film. It probably could have gone up ½ star with a better look, and maybe another ½ for adding a little more substance, but the beginning where they are just spouting tons of statistics that can always be manipulated to fit your needs turned me off a bit from the start. I guess I wanted a little more from the movie, and that let me down.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!