Dying to be Thin Film Review

“Dying to be Thin” is a powerful production by the commercial broadcasting channel, Channel 4, which explores eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. This documentary really captures you attention from the beginning, with images of models, celebrities and designer shops which represents what our society aspires to have or to be. This reinforces stereotypes and opinions that we believe to exist.

Throughout this social issue documentary, members of society express their views, which reinforces what our society thinks and helps reflect a positive ideology.

This documentary is defiantly targeted at teenagers, mainly females but surprisingly also males. This reflects the topic accurately as men are also prone to these eating disorders as much as women, which isn’t “hyped up” so much by the media. The viewers of this documentary will learn and become more are of the topic- fulfilling the genre expectations.

A positive value is also made to encourage change, well… to at least make people aware of the effects of eating disorders.

Overall, this documentary does make you aware of the social issue in a powerful way, and therefore is given a 4 of 5 stars.