An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Juan Carlos Serrán
- Esteban
- (as Juan Carlos Serran)
Armando Hernández
- Roberto
- (as Armando Hernandez)
Michael D. Conway
- Phil
- (as Michael Conway)
Ellar Coltrane
- Jay Anderson
- (as Ellar Salmon)
Luis Guzmán
- Benny
- (as Luis Guzman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film features four castmembers from director Richard Linklater's Boyhood (2014): Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, and Marco Perella.
- GoofsIn the scene where Amber and her friend are driving and talking about going to a college party, an HEB grocery sign is clearly visible in the background. This grocery is only located in Texas, so therefore the girls in Colorado wouldn't be driving by it.
- Quotes
Harry Rydell: It is a sad fact of life, Don, but the truth is we all have to eat a little shit from time to time.
- Crazy creditsThere's a scene during the credits: During a presentation, Don pitches a new hamburger called "BBQ Big One".
- SoundtracksCabeza de Mojado
Written by Joey Burns, Bill Elm, Woody Jackson
Performed by Friends of Dean Martinez
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
Featured review
Narrative film on the fast food culture in the United States
This is a difficult film to watch if you are as tired as I am of being ashamed of this country. But maybe, as the film itself says, "The bad guys win until they don't." So go and see it.
It's well done, with an excellent cast, a reasonable script, cinematography that is occasionally better than you wish it were, and excellent editing. It's a complex film that sets out to tell a number of stories that it believes are inextricably entwined... and succeeds pretty well in doing that. It deals with a number of themes and threads ... social, political, and "human stories" ... and connects them all to a process we have collectively enabled ... the high jacking of the food we eat as well as the culture and economy that should nurture and sustain us ... and instead leave us fat and still hungry.
Warning to those who love animals, other humans, and may not be sufficiently desensitized to violence and gore .... you will never eat a hamburger again after seeing this film. You might even go on to question chicken. And you will lose any illusions you might have cherished in the past about the extent to which the industry that sells us this crap goes on to affect the lives of people across the Americas.
You may not enjoy watching Fast Food Nation, but you should make the effort to see it. And, you should make it a point to take at least one person you love that has been eating this kind of junk. You will have done your good deed for the day ...
It's well done, with an excellent cast, a reasonable script, cinematography that is occasionally better than you wish it were, and excellent editing. It's a complex film that sets out to tell a number of stories that it believes are inextricably entwined... and succeeds pretty well in doing that. It deals with a number of themes and threads ... social, political, and "human stories" ... and connects them all to a process we have collectively enabled ... the high jacking of the food we eat as well as the culture and economy that should nurture and sustain us ... and instead leave us fat and still hungry.
Warning to those who love animals, other humans, and may not be sufficiently desensitized to violence and gore .... you will never eat a hamburger again after seeing this film. You might even go on to question chicken. And you will lose any illusions you might have cherished in the past about the extent to which the industry that sells us this crap goes on to affect the lives of people across the Americas.
You may not enjoy watching Fast Food Nation, but you should make the effort to see it. And, you should make it a point to take at least one person you love that has been eating this kind of junk. You will have done your good deed for the day ...
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- swkidder
- Oct 17, 2006
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,005,539
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $410,804
- Nov 19, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $2,209,322
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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