This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

...and the nostalgia. as pillars of interest about this film about health industry, about love stories, about an old society and its values and innocence. a film like a photo album. first, for performances. not the less, for the plot. and for something who could be defined as...magic. a film about illusions. and about the pure truth.

Try stepping back in time to the days when health retreats were the rage for those who could afford them. Buckle your seat belts for an unbelievably funny comedy. Can't say enough how much I liked this one as well as the performance by the entire cast. There are multiple plots and sub-plots and, collectively, they form a 3 ring circus of entertainment. Enjoy and laugh out loud.The only problem is that I can't stop wanting to watch this again. Just like Ferris Beuller's Day Off!Once you have seen the movie, go visit the Mohonk Mountain House in upstate NY.

I never even knew about this film when it came out. Since I hear it only grossed 6.5 million that explains why. The producers probably didn't even keep in the theaters a week. I can't explain what makes a film flop at the box office, but this one certainly didn't deserve it.From start to finish I was totally enraptured by this witty story of a man who held views so controversial they are practically comical all by themselves. The movie is based on a novel which is a work of fiction, but it nevertheless draws its subject matter from some very true aspects of Dr. Kellogg's life that are quite unusual and almost always surprising. As these surprises are revealed to you throughout the film, they come as even more of a shock every time. There are a number of stories told throughout the sanitarium and each is a delight in and of itself. The stories all manage to interweave, sometimes in very comical ways, and despite their comedy, teach some very practical lessons. It is almost satirical.I give this film two thumbs up. Don't watch it in mixed company and it certainly isn't appropriate for children. But for those with a mature attitude and an appreciation of the health nut culture, it will make for a laugh-filled evening.

"With friends like these, who needs enemas." is the funniest line in the movie.If you laugh when you hear the words "shit", "poo", "enema" or "masturbation" you will enjoy this movie. Reliance on pompous people saying these words wore thin for me.I would have made a nice 30 minute short. It dragged on and on repeating the same elements.The actors shout as if they were on stage trying to emote to the back rows in some melodrama. I just wanted them to shut up. The musical score reminded be of an endlessly extended frantic Wendy's commercial.It is visually interesting with all the Victoriana, and the crazy health machines created by Dr. Kellogg.Lots of nudity of ugly people. The extras are a bizarre looking crew, picked for their grotesqueness.