▁Angeles , ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁Chicago , ▁Washington ▁D . C ., ▁Boston , ▁ ▁Philadelphia , ▁San ▁Diego , ▁Phoenix , ▁and ▁Austin , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁opened ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Hot ▁D ocs ▁Canadian ▁International ▁Document ary ▁Festival ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁ 7 3 % ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁film ▁critic ▁on ▁the ▁review ▁aggregate ▁website ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 . ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁received ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 6 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁ ▁Stephen ▁Hold en ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" even ▁more ▁am using ▁than ▁Super ▁Size ▁Me ", ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁" more ▁than ▁once ▁the ▁movie ▁shows ▁Mr . ▁Sp ur lock , ▁armed ▁with ▁clever ▁story boards , ▁s elling ▁his ▁ideas ▁with ▁an ▁enthus ias m ▁and ▁skill ▁that ▁would ▁put ▁Don ▁Dra per ▁of ▁Mad ▁Men ▁to ▁shame ." ▁ ▁Sp ons ors ▁Sp ur lock ▁signed ▁non - dis par agement ▁cla uses ▁with ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁companies ▁show c ased ▁in ▁his ▁film ▁but ▁retained ▁final ▁cut . ▁ ▁P OM ▁Wonder ful ▁agreed ▁to ▁pay ▁one ▁million ▁dollars ▁for ▁above - the - title ▁b illing ▁ ▁(" P OM ▁Wonder ful ▁Pres ents "), ▁though ▁the ▁full ▁amount ▁was ▁cont ing ent ▁on ▁the ▁film ▁gross ing ▁$ 1