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Fast Food, Fast Women (2001)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:17

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: Fast Food, Fast Women tries too hard to be kooky and charming.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality/nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:May 18, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: Writer-director Amos Kollek (SUE) tackles the neurotic, fragile, fast-paced world of New York City in FAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN, a bittersweet comedy that shows just how difficult it is to find love in... Writer-director Amos Kollek (SUE) tackles the neurotic, fragile, fast-paced world of New York City in FAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN, a bittersweet comedy that shows just how difficult it is to find love in modern times. The revolving story focuses on Bella (Anna Thomson), a waitress who is on the verge of her thirty-fifth birthday and trapped in a winless affair with a popular Broadway producer. Her mother sets her up with Bruno (Jamie Harris), an unpublished writer who is forced to drive a cab in order to support his newly inherited two children. Also thrown into the mix are Paul (Robert Modica), a sensitive middle-aged man who finds himself falling in love with the simple, kind Emily (Louise Lasser), and Seymour (Victor Argo), Paul's friend who has become infatuated with Wanda (Valerie Geffner), a beautiful, educated exotic dancer. In trying to outthink their situations and make sure everything proceeds smoothly this time around, the characters react against their better judgments, shooting themselves in the foot in the process, which threatens to ruin the fairytale ending that everyone so desperately wants. Kollek's film is an entertaining, though at times excruciatingly painful, viewing experience, due to the honest but misguided actions of its characters. [More]

Starring: Anna Thompson, Jamie Harris, Victor Argo, Louise Lasser

Starring: Anna Thompson, Jamie Harris, Victor Argo, Louise Lasser, Robert Modica, Austin Pendleton, Anna Levine, Salem Ludwig, Mark Margolis, Lonette McKee

Director: Amos Kollek

Director: Amos Kollek
Screenwriter: Amos Kollek
Studio: Lot 47 Films

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Lisa Nesselson
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Variety
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[a] pointless, meandering tale of eccentric New Yorkers navigating the treacherous waters of love and survival

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05/18/01
Maitland McDonagh
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08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
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... quirky, idiosyncratic and not for general consumption ...

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12/21/01
Ted Murphy
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Dreary and dull.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/15/01
Oregonian

Thomson and Harris' relationship is underdeveloped, with screen time gobbled up by pointless plot points and stock characters.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
05/18/01
E! Online

Just a vain attempt at making a movie about the perils of romance in the modern age.

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09/09/02
Christopher Null
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Filmcritic.com

Tries hard to be charming, but succeeds only occasionally.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/06/01
Curt Fields
Curt Fields
Washington Post

It sucks when talented character actors wind up in movies that waste their energy.

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05/21/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

Almost creates a sense of dread as you sit watching its raft of aimless, self-absorbed neurotics clang into one another.

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05/18/01
Elvis Mitchell
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07/08/05
Emanuel Levy
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Despite some lovely moments ... Fast Food Fast Women operates like a sitcom.

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11/25/02
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Audience-insulting. Our heroine has faced no difficulty, learned nothing, earned nothing, but she has a lovely fairy-tale ending that's supposed to make us leave the theater happy.

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03/11/03
Joshua Tanzer
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The filmmaker's enthusiasm for addressing diverse people's needs for both companionship and sexual gratification is admirable, but movies aren't just about notions.

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06/07/01
Mark Caro
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03/10/03
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

Has a vacant, inept, why-oh-why feeling from its opening minutes and only gets worse.

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06/29/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Kollek is a fringe auteur who makes independent films the old fashioned way: no budget, static camera, a script that telegraphs its tiny, paste gem ironies.

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Owen Gleiberman
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