Fast Food Nation(2006)- User Reviews

Well-researched with multiple viewpoints, Fast Food Nation is a truly compelling story of coporate culture at its worst. While it's very similar to Thank You for Smoking, it goes in a different direction, focusing more on the people affected by the company, rather than the people inside the company. It shows a range of people from rebel teens who see what's wrong to Mexicans crossing the border, getting a job at the meat factory out of desperation, to teens stuck working at the fast-food restaurant and hating it to Greg Kinnear, who does a great job of playing the ultimate business man who knows something is wrong but won't give up his way of life to stop it.

It's similar to Babel's direction in both style and quality, and if you loved Babel, chances are that you'd love this too. It does get about a 9 out of 10 on the gross scale, but if you can handle it, it is highly worth seeing. As a warning, it is somewhat depressing, but it's also very enlightening and thought-provoking in regard to how to solve our modern culture's problems. Much better than a documentary, it looks into how people get stuck in the corporate loop, how people get out of it, and how dangerous it can be. You don't have to be a strong vegetarian to see this movie, but when you're done with it, you may very well become one. Rather than being satirical, overly playful, or too one-sided, Fast Food Nation is an inspiring and personal look into America's modern society where people either don't make enough money to live well or are stuck in jobs they don't like or are tangled up with the wrong crowd.