Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.
What the Health is a one-sided advocacy documentary that follows a familiar 'shocking exposé' format popularized by Food Inc. and Cowspiracy. Its plot is structured around gotcha interviews and cherry-picked studies, which limits its credibility and narrative depth. The filmmaking is functional but unremarkable cinematographically, relying on standard talking-head interviews and stock footage. Acting is essentially non-applicable in a documentary context, though Andersen's on-screen persona comes across as staged. Novelty earns a modest bump for bringing vegan health advocacy to a wider audience with some energy, though the format itself is derivative of prior food documentaries. The ending offers a tidy personal transformation arc but lacks substantive resolution or nuance.