Fast Food Nation

Linklater's filmmaking has become unexpectedly....The first film, while charming, fell for its own swooning romanticism, ignoring the fact....Linklater won't give us the same amiably non-dramatic comedy with the bad vibes only faintly hinted at.....But then A Scanner Darkly actually had a strong, paranoid dystopian framework requiring conventional pacing and revelations Linklater previously seemed incapable of or uninterested in.....his aversion for strong narrative beats seemed almost as strong as his aver ... Full Review

ES: For a really good film to be made, the sort of director that Rick [Linklater] is needs to be given control. It is, as you have pointed out, a very dark, very disturbing film. One of the New York Times critics I know really loved it. ... Full Review

Fast Food Nation is never as powerful as a single page in Schlosser's book-you can almost taste the missed opportunities-but instead of a hearty feast, all we're fed are empty calories. Fast Food Nation has a major clutter problem, and it prevents us from ever really knowing the people ... Full Review

Obviously director Richard Linklater has no idea how to make a good movie, and should've stuck with his original dream of becoming a gynecologists. Score: 5/10 (i liked it when Kinnear said his stay wasn't good and the hotel hostess' expression didn't change one iota... ... Full Review

Without question this film is full of heart (along with four stomachs and a lot of bovine intestines), unfortunately the mishmash of storylines.... ... Full Review

I have to say, Fast Food Nation has to be the best independent film I have ever seen. ... Full Review

But there are some really terrible performances, too.....The exec is played, moderately well, by Greg Kinnear;....he has only himself to blame.....Solemn, relentlessly po-faced Catalina Sandino Moreno is typecast as the downtrodden illegal.... ... Full Review

It's destined to be the most radical movie you'll see this year, with a value meal's worth of food for thought. Proof that Linklater is one of the US' most interesting filmmakers. ... Full Review

Fast Food Nation is a perfect example. Interlocking, multi-character films with a lesson can be interesting, and they can be even be popular ( Traffic made $125 million in 2000), but Fast Food Nation makes the mistake of focusing on its message. ... Full Review

But this doesn't mean it doesn't work as powerful cinema.....The images are as shocking and revolting as you can imagine.....This is fun, but the movie says it all better.....Willis hasn't been this good in years....Bruce Willis is simply incredible in this short scene, portraying a man who sees the moral compass pointing in a somewhat different direction..... ... Full Review