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 Rating:  - Very, very effective!!Fast Food Nation didn't make me a vegetarian. I guess I'm like most people: when it comes down to the dirty details, I'd rather not know. Like war, no one wants to see a bunch of dead and maimed soldiers. To have an idea of something is one thing: to actually know, see, and understand that thing is quite another. We hear about illegal workers coming into this country, and we hear about subhuman slaughterhouse conditions--all of these things we hear about in abstract. But seeing these issues in a specific context enables us to understand these issues. Fast Food Nation is a fabric of interwoven threads. The film opens in a dark alley in a U.S. border town in Mexico. Smugglers collect fees from a small group of poor Mexicans. The scene shifts from Mexico to the corporate offices of Mickey's Burgers in Anaheim California. The CEO of Mickey's Burgers has a problem: a culture test found high levels of fecal matter in their frozen patties. The CEO sends an executive--played by Greg Kinnear--to trace the source of the infection. The film shifts back to Mexico. Smugglers process a bunch of poor Mexicans through a labyrinth of sleazy motels and packed vans. Eventually, the Mexicans cross the border into the U.S. and wind up in a grimy drop house. Here, the supervisor of a meat processing plant--a tall sticky-looking white male--looks over the human livestock. He waves a casual finger around the walls and the floor selecting the strongest males and the most attractive females. A ... Read More Rating: - I bit horrifying...but ok...read my reviewOk, so I bought this movie b/c I don't eat burgers, fries, ect....any fast food would be Subway...b/c I can WATCH them make the food...and now I have more of reason than ever...when that kid SPIT in the food, I freaked...I mean I know this stuff happens, but still!! My problems w/ this movie are that some parts are very boring. Too much talking, and not enough action...I did NOT care for the sexual parts, there was no need to put pure sex w/ nudity in this movie...it served NO purpose to the meaning of this film. It does make me think twice though...I had no idea how awful the slaughter houses were, and what the cows go through...that was disturbing, and I was bothered.... I felt strange for the rest of the night, and wish I would have never watched the movie....it's a movie I would sell or give away in a heart beat. I plan to NEVER watch it again. If you have $12 you want to spend on a DVD...find something else to spend it on.... Rating:  - Informative If A Little Slow MovingFast Food Nation I would rate as a good not great movie. It exposes the meat packing and food services industry as not all that sanitary and certainly not compassionate. The groups of teenagers, illegal immigrants, and phony and even unsavory corporate suits show the viewer that the all mighty dollar is king and many workers are just pawns in their universe. There are some slow draggy moments in the film especially the border runs to pick up the illegal aliens. Nonetheless, I believe this film has started a trend of people becomming more health conscious and turnng more to vegatarianism. Rating:  - A disconnected effort brings down the messageLinklater produces a movie that leaves you wondering how three basic story lines were even put together in the first place. The message of the fast food companies putting their profits as their highest priority gets muddy in the story lines leaving you feeling disconnected from this powerful message. A disenchanted businessman, illegal labor, and teenage angst fail to bring the powerful message home to the viewer. All story lines were good in their own right, and honestly could have been made into three seperate story lines, or their should have been mingling of the plot lines to make the movie stick together. Fantasic performances from a variety of famous names fail to make the movie gel, the matieral for this movie is simply lacking. I would read the book only if you wanted to learn about the darker side of fast food. Many points in the movie are worth educating yourself, and helping you to make better decisions. A weak story line simply fails to do this important topic any justice. If this movie is on tv, and you can't find your remote it may be worth watching, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch this film. Rating:  - What Were They Thinking?As many others have already commented, this is nothing like the book even though they share the same title. The writers even stated in the commentary that the they decided to "set the book aside". Having said that I will restrict my comments to the merits of the movie alone. This disjointed, rambling, unfocused movie tries to intertwine several stories into one: * A successful marketing executive (Greg Kinnear) for a large fast food chain (the not too cleverly named "Mickey's") is sent by his boss on a mission to find out why there is feces in their meat * A young woman who quits her promising (?) job at Mickey's and joins with some other activists only to find out that cows are big, stupid animals that are not at all interested in being "set free" * Several immigrants from Mexico who are spirited into the country by a "coyote" (portrayed by the always great Luis Guzman) and find various jobs in the food industry * A crotchety cattle rancher (Kris Krisofferson) who paints meat packers as the evil empire * Two teenage Mickey's employees who plan to rob a fast food restaurant but never do Although the various story lines do intersect slightly, none of them (save the plot with the Mickey's executive) really seem to have a point, and even that one ends with a fizzle. Even though this film boasts an all-star cast the acting seems wooden and the characters are burdened with dull and meaningless dialog. The only bright ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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