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Fast Food Nation Reviews

2007

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If "Super Size Me" took on the burger, "Fast Food Nation" takes on the whole takeaway food industry! Don Henderson is a corporate marketing whizz at Mickey's Fast Food Restaurant Chain, home of "The Big One". When he discovers that contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company's best selling burger, his .. Read more

Starring	Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke
Director	Richard Linklater
Genres	Drama

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  Another Linklater Gem
  
  Richard Linklater's adaptation is a fictional dramatisation of the non-fiction novel. Playing out more as a narrative on the fast food industry than a ... read more »
  
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  - 01 May 2007 at 18:30
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  Brilliant idea, decent execution...
  
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  Chances are you're going to watch this film for one of two reasons. The first, because you have an interest in fast food and/or like it, the second, you'... read more »
  
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- - hellomoto170
  - 1 review
  - 25 Jun 2011 at 17:01
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  A bit D & B
  
  I hired this one out of intrigue with the star ratings - some very high and others evry low - I fall into the latter of the 2 as I found it boring without any ... read more »
  
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- - Kwaze
  - 16 reviews
  - Sutton Coldfield
  - 17 Jun 2011 at 14:05
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  - 0
  I WILL NEVER EAT FAST FOOD AGAIN!!!
  
  This movie is an eye opening in an extreme way still I guess that's what it takes to make it's point. For me it succeeded as I will never eat another ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 Apr 2011 at 15:08
- - 3
  - 2
  slow paced boredom
  
  seriously, I fell asleep. The story was so slow and often seemed irrelevant to the main plots. A few familiar faces didn't improve viewing pleasure either... read more »
  
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- - pilphus
  - 4 reviews
  - Ripley
  - 16 Mar 2010 at 18:27
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  - 2
  utter rubbish
  
  Was painful to watch. A disgusting insight into the burger industry, but extremely boring and went nowhere.
  
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- - Sprouler
  - 40 reviews
  - Westhill
  - 03 Feb 2010 at 12:34
- - 0
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  Are you sitting comfortably?
  
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  Hmm. Perhaps Richard Linklater may have deliberately decided not to jump on the documentary bandwagon, following in the wake of Michael Moore and Al Gore's ... read more »
  
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- - CapnPookie
  - 95 reviews
  - Upminster
  - 22 Jan 2010 at 18:55
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  - 0
  Powerfully shocking and very sad
  
  Well, the film doesn't strictly follow the book. that is, the film is not in documentary style. I felt for the first hour this should have been so as the ... read more »
  
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- - JustKewl
  - 105 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 26 Sep 2009 at 20:56
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  - 0
  Ok enough
  
  This film was a little disappointing but ok enough. It didn't quite know what it was - a light hearted look at the fast food industry or a comic look at ... read more »
  
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- - Pinkmat
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  - Exeter
  - 05 Sep 2009 at 10:20
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  Fast Food Nation
  
  A little disturbing with a bit of animal gore at the ned- not for animal lovers or thise who like fast food- it will def put you off!
  
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  - Halesowen
  - 09 Jun 2009 at 20:52
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  - 1
  Dull and directionless
  
  Do you like your movies to play out over two hours with no story, direction or drama then you will love this.
  
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- - TipsterX
  - 29 reviews
  - Hull
  - 03 Jun 2009 at 19:50
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- - 29
  - 6
  Another Linklater Gem
  
  Richard Linklater's adaptation is a fictional dramatisation of the non-fiction novel. Playing out more as a narrative on the fast food industry than a ... read more »
  
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- 435704
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 01 May 2007 at 18:30
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  - 4
  Fast Food Nation
  
  All i can say is that i hated this film. I was desperately hoping that it would get better. There were some terrific performances in this film but it was ruined... read more »
  
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- - Nadiestar
  - 140 reviews
  - Ruislip, Middlesex
  - 12 Feb 2008 at 23:31
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  Only for the unacquainted
  
  There was nothing in this movie that I haven't seen and heard about the fast food industry a thousand times before.
  
  I didn't know what to ... read more »
  
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- - Mr T
  - Coventry, England
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 16:23
- - 7
  - 0
  Read the book instead
  
  Absolutely no story in this film but I'm not surprised. The book is a documentary not a novel and at least with the book you get more 'stories' not ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1022 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Oct 2007 at 12:41
- - 5
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  Super Size This
  
  Not having read the book, I didn't know what to expect. But 'Fast Food Nation' is definitely no 'Super Size Me', although the tag line may ... read more »
  
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- - rpere008
  - 20 reviews
  - Bangor
  - 07 Jan 2008 at 19:11
- - 5
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  disgusted
  
  I have not read the book and don't want to. I thought it was about 'Fast Food' as indicated in the title, but I didn't even finish the film. It ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - england
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 16:52
- - 4
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  A completely wasted opportunity
  
  I wasnt exactly sure what I was getting when I ordered this - I was expecting something along the lines of 'Supersize Me' or something a la Michael ... read more »
  
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- - russbowes
  - 110 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Dec 2007 at 22:14
- - 4
  - 0
  Curious, Vicious, Ambitious!
  
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  Almost a fictional sequel to 'Super Size me' this film looks at a fictional burger chain through the eyes of various people. From the MD sent to check ... read more »
  
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- - fatolaf
  - 9 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Jan 2008 at 14:34
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  Worthy message but shame about the form
  
  While the message of the film is worthy and deserves to be widely broadcast, the film doesn't work on the level of film. The message would have been better ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - United Kingdom
  - 22 Oct 2007 at 10:07
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  Fast Food Nation
  
  This is a definate must watch - very compelling viewing. I really enjoyed this film - even though its a bit disturbing - but really makes you think especially ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Greenwich
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 18:33

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Critics' reviews
- Richard Linklater directs an all star cast in this drama about the fast food industry. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
  - LOVEFiLM
- FAST FOOD NATION is a horror movie in the guise of a genial message film: it has funny, even goofy moments, but its implications -- grounded as they are in Schlosser's painstaking reportage -- are dead serious and excruciating to contemplate
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- - Film Comment
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30
- Linklater writes great dialogue....FAST FOOD NATION sees missed connections and divisions, resignation and atomisation: in short, the slow sad seep of arbitrary, intransigent reality
- 178983
- - Sight and Sound
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30
- A comprehensive critique of contemporary American life....It's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal
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- - New York Times
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30
- Some targets are as easy to hit as holding a gun to the head of a newborn lamb, and sadly Richard Linklaters uneasy... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 30 Jun 2009 at 03:01
- Naturally, a subject this right-on draws a right-on cast. Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, and Ethan Hawke pitch in
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- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30

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- Fast Food Nation
  
  If "Super Size Me" took on the burger, "Fast Food Nation" takes on the whole takeaway food industry!
  
  Don Henderson is a corporate marketing whizz at Mickey's Fast Food Restaurant Chain, home of "The Big One". When he discovers that contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of ...