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Fast Food Nation (2006) Rank 1 Reviews
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"Steve Rhodes"
FAST FOOD NATION, directed by Richard Linklater (WAKING LIFE), is a very
slackly paced piece of satire that works only very sporadically. Attempting
to skewer the world of fast food by taking aim at a McDonald's look-alike
called Mickey's, the DOA ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at "Steve Rhodes"
Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Blame director Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser for cooking Schlosser's best-selling book into an unhappy movie meal. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
The animals' deaths are more exploited (and rendered senseless) by the film itself than they are by the restaurants and meat packers the film does its best to condemn. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
it's the supporting cast that takes control of the movie and makes the audience pay attention as best we can as Fast Food Nation falls apart ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Baltimore City Paper (Eric Allen Hatch)
You can follow a simple rule to determine the quality of a new Richard Linklater movie. If Linklater himself writes the script from an original idea, you've very probably got a winner on your hands along the lines of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, or ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Baltimore City Paper (Eric Allen Hatch)
The Dallas Morning News
Fast Food Nation is based on the nonfiction best-seller of the same name by Eric Schlosser. The book was filled with facts and stomach-churning anecdotes about what happens to some of our food on the way to our tables, but it didn't have a plot. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Steve Rhodes
FAST FOOD NATION, directed by Richard Linklater (WAKING LIFE), is a very slackly paced piece of satire that works only very sporadically. Attempting to skewer the world of fast food by taking aim at a McDonald's look-alike called Mickey's, the DOA film ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Steve Rhodes
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
A serious subject; a director who loves to listen to people talk things out; and the nightmare this must have been in the editing booth, play out in front of us in 100 of the longest minutes you might ever spend in a theater. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Linklater opted for his typical chatty, meandering, plotless moviemaking to present the non-story. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
kids-in-mind
man (Greg Kinnear) working for a fast food chain is assigned the task of uncovering the truth about why the meat they use is testing so high with fecal content. While investigating he finds untrained illegal immigrants working in the meat packing plant, ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at kids-in-mind
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