| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"What's most frustrating about Fast Food Nation is how much it promises and how little it delivers." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...the movie imparts a kind of damning hopelessness that swells to tragic proportions." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Teresa Budasi |
"...a whole lot of disjointedness that is supposed to all tie together." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...works best when it's just hanging out with its far-flung collection of likable, flawed people living off the fat and the lean of the land." more... |
B |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...Nation's layered narrative is only intermittently successful..." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"For a change, the interwoven ensemble approach to storytelling works even though handled by someone other than Robert Altman." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...bullies the American way of eating with harsh reality and delicate understanding." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"When you finish your popcorn, save the empty bucket. You'll need it." more... |
D- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...Mr. Linklater and Mr. Schlosser have really undertaken a much deeper and more comprehensive critique of contemporary American life." more... |
A- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...the movie might have worked better had the ensemble cast been dumped and the project re-imagined as a documentary." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...less an expose of junk-food culture than a human drama..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...for all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The film is structured to make the points of the book..." more... |
B- |
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