Fast Food Nation (2006)

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Fast Food Nation takes a look at how the fast food industry affects people's lives and by doing so examines fast food culture, corporate america and illegal immigration. It is based on Eric Schlosser's non-fiction book of the same title.

I don't know why I got the impression this movie was a comedy because it's not. It's a DRAMA about how corporations control our lives and the lengt... read more

[PORTUGUESE] Não gosto de filmes que excedem em personagens e tramas, mas o que me interessou nesse longa foi sua forma política misturada com um toque de humor negro para argumentar sobre o que há de verdade atrás dos deliciosos hamburgueres de fast-food que pessoas de vários países consumem todos os dias. Confesso que faltou muito pouco para eu me tornar um vegetariano após assití-lo (a ... read more

Ok. I have no idea how to review this thing. Regular mediums I use might not work here. But I'll still give it a go. First of all, in my opinion this thing is marketed as if it was a comedy of some kind. I warn you, it is not a comedy. It is an extremely dark drama, with very little, if any, dark humour in it. If you go into this expecting a comedy, you will be shocked. That is what happened to me... read more

Richard Linklater's fictional tale (inspired by Eric Schlosser's 2001 book of the same name) critiques the junk-food juggernaut that's arguably responsible for America's alarming obesity rates. Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear), a corporate exec of a national fast-food chain, follows beef's journey from the corrals to the slaughterhouses and ultimately to your stomach. The power cast includes Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Bruce Willis.