Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

About Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well— with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind.

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is a 2010 documentary film directed by Joe Cross and Kurt Engfehr. Its themes are cautionary, reflective, celebratory, and meditative.

Joe Cross appears as Joe Cross, Phil Riverstone as Phil Riverstone, Amy Badberg as Amy Badberg, and Merv Cross as Merv Cross. At 97 minutes long, it arrived in April 2010.

In the United States it streams on Daring Docs Amazon Channel, Food Matters Amazon Channel, and Indie Club Amazon Channel.

Lackawanna Blues, The Hunger Games, and How to Train Your Dragon make useful companions to Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 132 votes and it carries a NR rating.