Fast Food Nation is a fictionalized version of Eric Schlosser's 2001 non-fiction book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Greg Kinnear plays Don Anderson, inventor of a popular hamburger at a fast food chain. Once reports surface revealing cow feces in the meat, Don must travel to the slaughterhouse to uncover the truth, and what he discovers is shocking.
Cast
- Bruce Willis
- Wilmer Valderrama
- Greg Kinnear
- Paul Dano
- Ethan Hawke
- Patricia Arquette
- Catalina Sandino Moreno
- Avril Lavigne
Production
The movie was a joint production effort by, Participants Productions and Recorded Picture Company for BBC Films and Hanway Films. Fast Food Nation debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2006 and earned $390,000 its opening week.
Mixed Reviews
- The most essential political film from an American director since Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11
- -Manohla Dargis of The New York Times
- None of the stories in the film are interesting (except one), the ultimate lack of connection between them all is surprising and worst of all, it all just felt like a school lesson to me, taught by a condescending know-it-all.
- -JoBlo's Berge Garabedian
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References
Fast Facts
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Written by
Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser
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Directed by
Richard Linklater
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Released
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Rated
R
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Run Time
116 minutes
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Budget
$24 million
