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Fast Food Nation (2006)

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All Time

of 190,116

5,372

2000's

of 33,985

1,721

2006

of 5,496

169
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  2,746
  
  Drama of 2006
  
  of 1,342
  
  102
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,635
  
  893

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Fast Food Nation (2006) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.5727

Avg Critic Score:2.5072

Fast Food Nation (2006) Movie Reviews

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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Eric Schlosserâ��s 2001 non-fiction book â��Fast Food Nationâ�� freaked people out when it arrived in bookstores. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

It's less an expose of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

The idea underlying Fast Food Nation is intriguing: take the premise of the best-selling non-fiction book by Eric Schlosser and convert it into the backstory of a fictional film. ...read the complete Fast Food Nation movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

Happy American families eat at Mickey's! But along the Mexico-U.S. border, immigrants including Raul (Valderrama), his wife Sylvia (Sandino Moreno) and her sister Coco (Talancón) are sneaking across the border. They'll eventually get help from a...read the complete Fast Food Nation (2006) review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

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Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

Naturally, a subject this right-on draws a right-on cast. Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, and Ethan Hawke pitch in....read the complete Fast Food Nation (2006) review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

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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 (2006) review at Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)

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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 (2006) review at "Steve Rhodes"

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New York Post (Kyle Smith)

If I wanted to spend $10.75 making myself sick, I'd buy a bottle of cheap tequila....read the complete Fast Food Nation (2006) review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)

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