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When I saw the film the first time I was so inspired. I had just gotten into eating vegan for health reasons and this really got me interested in raw food. And when Frank came out after the film, with this major physical transformation, I was just blown away. A couple months later I read his blog, in which he wrote how he never ate raw after the movie, gained back all the weight and tried to kill himself. He ended up losing the weight a couple years later, after joining a gym and avoiding carbs for a year. I did confront the film makers and was told 'well, we never actually say that his transformation is through raw eating. But you can lose that kind of weight with raw food.' By showing him skinny after the film, it's implied that his transformation is through raw food. That's what everyone assumes and they're not doing anything to change that perception. Cafe Gratitude is supposedly about living an authentic life, yet, this is not authentic to me. Can the film stand on it's own without showing think Frank after? That's what the real question is. The film has such a big impact, because of the obvious physical transformation and the false assumption that comes along with it and to me it's 'selling out' , if you're willing to perpetrate a 'fraud' in order to get more attention for your film
March 2013 · Movies and TV
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May I Be Frank
4.4★ · 183 ratings, as of 2023
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