DVD Review: Vegucated

Release Date: January 9, 2012
Rating: N/A
Running Time: 1 hour 17 minutes

Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. There’s Brian, the bacon-loving bachelor who eats out all the time, Ellen, the single mom who prefers comedy to cooking, and Tesla, the college student who avoids vegetables and bans beans. They have no idea that so much more than steak is at stake and that the fate of the world may fall on their plates. Lured with true tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon start to wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before.

But can their conviction carry them when times get tough? What about on family vacations fraught with skeptical step-dads, carnivorous cousins, and breakfast buffets?

Part sociological experiment, part science class, and part adventure story, Vegucated showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who share one journey and ultimately discover their own paths in creating a kinder, cleaner, greener world, one bite at a time.

As a former vegetarian and an individual interested in taking on the vegan lifestyle here and there, I was very interested in catching the documentary, Vegucated. This was a very thought provoking journey as viewers follow three meaters’ experiment to live the vegan lifestyle for six weeks. What is so great about this experiment is that these individuals do not just try out the vegan lifestyle simply for health reasons. Over time, they learn about the food industry and how the animals are treated before slaughter. While at times, what is shown is a bit gruesome, it’s not in your face and trying to make a point against what’s going on… these are ordinary people who walk up to a slaughterhouse or farm and see what vegans/vegetarians have been talking about for themselves… no dramatics necessary.

Vegucated starts out as a fun, lighthearted experiment to switch up diet but soon turns into a great educational tool for anyone curious about dipping their feet into various reasons why people go vegan. Going vegan is a journey and Vegucated captures that journey beautifully. Vegucated is thought provoking and life changing. This documentary has heart and that is immediately seen when you see the style of directing that takes over. Vegucated is compelling and will attract your family and friends in your home whether they have thought about the vegan life or not. Simply put, Vegucated will undoubtedly become one of your favorite food documentaries of the year. So be sure to pre-order your copy today.

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