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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1   7/10 "This was never intended to be a conventional movie, but more like a personal industrial film illustrating the process that brings the corpse of a cow to your dinner table."   PopMatters   Brian Holcomb D+ "All Linklater can do is play to the rafters, and for a film that's intended to wean audiences off fast food, you might find yourself purchasing some after the show just to spite this disappointing film."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "Linklater's inquisitive mini-epic bullies the American way of eating with harsh reality and delicate understanding"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B "Where this year’s mushy tobacco satire “Thank You For Smoking” failed due to its filmmakers’ refusal to take enough of a stand, “Fast Food Nation” has no such pretense."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2/5 "Linklater's Fast Food movie covers all of Schlosser's bases, but is surprisingly anemic in its execution."   DVDJournal.com   Dawn Taylor A- "Fills us with too much stuffing to digest in one sitting."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Decidedly spineless and not exactly all that eye-opening."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C "Linklater has mostly missed a golden opportunity to not only create an enduring work of art but to shame an industry into changing their ways."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens C "As weak and bland as a McDonald's hamburger patty."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Even when Linklater does hit the soapbox a little too hard, Fast Food Nation still becomes the feel-bad movie of the year. And not just in an intestinal sort of way."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C- "Carries neither satirical bite nor emotional punch, an indictment delivered in an oddly mellow tone. Don't order a helping."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A bold muckraking movie that attacks the fast-food industry, corporate malfeasance, workplace safety, and the plight of Mexican immigrants and working class people."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "One leaves the theater certain what Linklater's theme was but uncertain why it was presented so ineffectively."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 7/10 "Not the most naturally flowing film, but it does get its point across."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen "Though the filmmakers don't quite deliver on all they promise, neither do they pull any punches."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 4/10 "I wasn't entertained by this film, I wasn't engaged by this film and I definitely did not learn anything from this film..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 1.5/5 "Linklater opted for his typical chatty, meandering, plotless moviemaking to present the non-story."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "Akin to a socially conscious ensemble film by John Sayles, Fast Food Nation takes aim at corporate America moreso than the McDonald's and Burger Kings of the world."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "To say that Fast Food Nation the movie is less horrifying than the book is accurate, but not fair to the movie, which is plenty horrifying enough.... Linklater puts a human face on a situation that is so huge that it just about paralyzes you."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "A dramatic movie that's engaging and provocative in a way a documentary couldn't be."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Helmer Linklater opens your eyes to what lengths corporate America will go to make a buck (or billions of bucks) to give our consumption-geared society what it wants."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "To a degree, Fast Food Nation gets the job done, not least because of a harrowing section, late in the film, made up of actual slaughterhouse footage."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 4/10 "Timely and unappetizing, it illustrates the folly of unsavory consumption but laid-back Richard Linklater lacks the necessary caustic tone to make a lasting impact."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "The animals' deaths are more exploited (and rendered senseless) by the film itself than they are by the restaurants and meat packers the film does its best to condemn."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1