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Movie critics combined give Fast Food Nation (2006) a score of 2.5072 out of 4
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Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Linklater's inquisitive mini-epic bullies the American way of eating with harsh reality and delicate understanding ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Bruce Kirkland)Jam! Movies (Bruce Kirkland)
The results are mixed but still worth your time. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Jam! Movies (Bruce Kirkland)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (David Edelstein)New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
It gets the job done and then some, but it's ugly and clumsily shaped, and every scene is there to rack up sociological points. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
The film adaptation of Eric Schlossers best-selling book is far too rich and complicated to be understood as a simple, high-minded polemic. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Put over with a good deal of humor, not to mention some gut-wrenchingly graphic scenes in the abattoir and heartbreak tales of the Mexican immigrant work force, Fast Food Nation does not let up its momentum for a second. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Works far better as journalism than as drama. One weakness is that poor Linklater has to keep bringing in guest explainers, who lay out one policy or another but have nothing whatsoever to do with the story. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Plume NoirePlume Noire
An adaptation of Eric Schlosser's best seller and symbol of American counter-culture, Fast Food Nation was destined to be made into a documentary. Richard Linklater chooses to take the risk and deliver fiction ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Plume Noire
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Linklater tries to tell too much story. We don't have time to savor each valid piece of what he intends as a conscience-raising cautionary tale. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Many of the film's subtler points are likely to slip by viewers who haven't first read Schlosser's book. Other salient points are shoehorned into the dialogue, rendering key scenes preachy, heavy-handed and dramatically inert. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Michael Booth)Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Too many story threads are consistently ignored or dropped altogether. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Richard Linklater’s latest is a humorless, glum multicharacter melodrama that plays like John Sayles Lite. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Indigestible. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
This film does serve a valuable purpose in getting us to think and act more responsibly about the way we relate to the creation that God has entrusted to us. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
[Director] Linklater maintains his usual effortless, laid-back charm while railing against corrupt industry as a whole. (Even when you're being hammered over the head with some point, it's usually a quiet, polite sort of hammering.) ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (James Hebert)San Diego Union-Tribune (James Hebert)
It's a lot of food for thought -- even if sometimes, a bit too much is on the menu. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (James Hebert)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Bruce Westbrook)Houston Chronicle (Bruce Westbrook)
Linklater and Schlosser have plenty to say. They just fail to say it cohesively. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Houston Chronicle (Bruce Westbrook)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Associated Press (Christy Lemire)Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Richard Linklater is channeling Robert Altman -- or at least it seems he's trying to channel Altman -- with his meandering, intertwined plot lines. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
"Meanders when it should be on point, gets preachy instead of insightful, and presents cardboard characters at every level of the food chain. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Fast Food Nation would have benefited from a longer running time -- the movie often feels like it's missing big chunks of plot -- but Linklater's cautionary message gets through. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Unlike the book it's based on, Fast Food Nation won't make you think twice about what you eat. But it may make you think second thoughts about whether it might have made a better documentary. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Decidedly spineless and not exactly all that eye-opening. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Jason McBride)Globe and Mail (Jason McBride)
A frustratingly toothless film whose heart is in the right place even if its head isn't. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Globe and Mail (Jason McBride)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
As seen at the 2006 Cannes Film ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
Fast Food Nation takes Eric Schlosser's non-fiction indictment of the junk-food industry and turns it into sloppy, overarching fiction that tries to do too many things at once. It's like a three-ring circus in which none of the acts is terribly ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Arizona Republic
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
ric Schlosser's devastating, meticulously researched muckraker Fast Food Nation—Upton Sinclair's The Jungle for the 21st century—builds slowly, adding one damning fact after another to an ever-mounting pile. Page after page, you keep waiting for ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Slant Magazine
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jason McBride)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jason McBride)
A frustratingly toothless film whose heart is in the right place even if its head isn't. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jason McBride)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
The movie is designed to stir up controversy. (Linklater and Schlosser have admitted as much.) But can you really stir up controversy with a lesson ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
For all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie. It doesn't hold together or grip you the way a documentary might have. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Dispiriting, unsubtle and unpleasant. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
The story begins with Greg Kinnear who does marketing for Mickey's Fast Food, a composite of the major chains you are familiar with. Mickey's is having a problem with contaminated meat, feces to be exact, and Kinnear heads to the American Heartland to ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Following up on Morgan Spurlock's wildly successful indie film "Super Size Me," critics of fast food were hoping that a one-two punch would further raise consciousness among consumers and purveyors alike. Alas, Fast Food Nation is punchless. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.comBullz-Eye.com
“Fast Food Nation” doesn’t show you anything the filmmakers’ don’t feel the audience absolutely needs to see in order to get their message across. Which is to say that they show you everything they possibly can; including a grotesque look at ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for "Tim Voon""Tim Voon"
"Fast Food Nation' is more information than entertainment. If you have a fair idea of how the meat industry works, and how the meat gets from a cow and into your burger, then this movie will do little to educate you. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at "Tim Voon"
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
Inspired by the incendiary bestseller that exposed the hidden facts behind America's fast food industry comes a powerful drama that takes an eye-opening journey into the dark heart of the All-American meal. Richard Linklater's FAST FOOD NATION traces ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Political Film Society Political Film Society
The formidable challenge facing viewers of Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater, is whether they can see the film and continue to patronize fast food restaurants or ever eat meat again. There is much more than lettuce, tomato, and a pickle ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Political Film Society
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmdeculte.com (Liam Engle)filmdeculte.com (Liam Engle)
Pour son deuxième film cette année après A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater se tourne vers une autre adaptation… mais cette fois, il ne s’agit pas d’une fiction. Fast Food Nation est à l’origine un livre d'Eric Schlosser sur les à-côtés ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at filmdeculte.com (Liam Engle)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” was thought by most observers to be an unfilmable book, and Richard Linklater’s film of the same title proves that opinion was pretty much correct. Linklater and Schlosser haven’t so much made a movie of the ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Don't eat before you see "Fast Food Nation." In fact, you should probably avoid eating for 24 hours after seeing the film. This ensemble drama (with some satiric elements) features graphic scenes of animal slaughter and butchering that will ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
Purposefully disturbing movies give me no small amount of trouble because they defy my basic view of movies existing to entertain. I do have an exception to the rule, documentaries, they alone can educate without some entertainment value, but it ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The conflict between knowing, or at least suspecting, the awful truth behind our beloved hamburgers and where, exactly, they came from (not to mention what's squirming and roiling within them before they hit the grill) is at the sinewy heart of ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)MTV (Kurt Loder)
At heart, the film is a vegetarian manifesto %u2014 a worthy enterprise, perhaps, but, with its overabundance of characters designed to make predictable polemical points, not much of a movie. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for DVDJournal.com (Dawn Taylor)DVDJournal.com (Dawn Taylor)
Linklater's Fast Food movie covers all of Schlosser's bases, but is surprisingly anemic in its execution. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at DVDJournal.com (Dawn Taylor)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Less a movie than an anti-meat propaganda tract ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Maxim (Pete Hammond)Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Our advice - if you do feel compelled to hit the mall to see this movie, don't go out to eat afterwards. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
As satisfying as a meal at Mickey's. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
As a character-driven narrative, it's a hollow beast, too often pedantic, that smacks of good-guy agitprop, shrill when it should be subtle and shrieking when a whisper would be far more unnerving. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Kim Voynar)Cinematical (Kim Voynar)
...I couldn't help but think as I was watching it how much greater the impact would have been, had we been following real immigrant workers in this situation through the lens of a documentary. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Cinematical (Kim Voynar)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Failing to dramatize Schlosser's non-fiction expose, this is a simplistic message film about the fast food industry in which all the characters--white, Latino, and Mexican--are stereotypical and one-dimensional. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
By taking a fictional approach, and drastically easing out of the attack mode, Fast Food Nation offers about as much bite as a day-old french fry. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
All Linklater can do is play to the rafters, and for a film that's intended to wean audiences off fast food, you might find yourself purchasing some after the show just to spite this disappointing film. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
A marketing executive, a cashier and an illegal immigrant all suffer through employment by Mickey's, a corporate burger chain. Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama and Ashley Johnson and Catalina Sandino Moreno star, and Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke and Avril ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Fast Food Nation (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
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