Despite some fine performances and memorable scenes, Fast Food Nation is more effective as Eric Schlosser's eye-opening non-fiction book than as Richard Linklater's fictionalized, mostly punchless movie. Read critic reviews
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Despite some fine performances and memorable scenes, Fast Food Nation is more effective as Eric Schlosser's eye-opening non-fiction book than as Richard Linklater's fictionalized, mostly punchless movie. Read critic reviews
Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear), a marketing executive for a national burger chain must leave blissful ignorance behind when his boss gives him an unsavory assignment: Investigate scientific findings that cow manure is contaminating the meat used in the company's top-selling hamburger. Don's search takes him from his comfortable office to a vast feedlot, to the inner rooms of a slaughterhouse manned by illegal immigrants, who must do all the dirty work.
Rating: R (Drug Content|Disturbing Images|Language|Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Director: Richard Linklater
Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Malcolm McLaren
Writer: Richard Linklater, Eric Schlosser
Release Date (Streaming):
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Runtime:
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby, SDDS
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