Fast Food Nation (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Richard Linklater

Escritores (WGA):

Eric Schlosser (written by) and
Richard Linklater (written by) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 noviembre 2006 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

The Truth Is Hard To Swallow

Plot:

An ensemble piece examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.

Plot Keywords:

Food | Fast Food | Restaurant | Cow | Immigrant

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

It's not just in the beef... it's in this movie.

Reparto

Wilmer Valderrama	...	Raul
Catalina Sandino Moreno	...	Sylvia
Ana Claudia Talancón	...	Coco
Juan Carlos Serrán	...	Esteban (as Juan Carlos Serran)
Armando Hernández	...	Roberto (as Armando Hernandez)
Greg Kinnear	...	Don Anderson
Frank Ertl	...	Jack
Michael D. Conway	...	Phil (as Michael Conway)
Mitch Baker	...	Dave
Ellar Salmon	...	Jay Anderson
Dakota Edwards	...	Stevie Anderson
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	...	Debi Anderson
Luis Guzmán	...	Benny (as Luis Guzman)
Bobby Cannavale	...	Mike
Francisco Rosales	...	Jorge

También conocida como:

Coyote (USA) (fake working title)
Fast Food Nation (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing images, strong sexuality, language and drug content.

Duración:

USA:116 min | France:114 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:113 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:15A | USA:R (certificate #42721) | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Austin, Texas, USA

Compañía:

BBC Films

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: In 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.

Citas:

Don Anderson: [Rudy lets him in through a mechanical fence] You should get a clicker.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Screenplay Series with Syd Field (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)

It's not just in the beef... it's in this movie.

Fast Food Nation was a great book, and as a piece of nonfiction, it is still one of the best pieces of long-form journalism of the decade. But Eric Schlosser and Richard Linklater's fictionalized take on the same topic isn't deserving of the original book's name.

First, the film tries far too hard to do far too much at once. Is it a cautionary tale about eating beef? Cattle farming? Illegal immigration? Paying workers too little? Crystal meth? Optimism? Any one of these (or even two) would have been enough fodder for a 2-hour film, but tackling them all in one movie is a blunder. A very Big One. No topic is explored enough, and in the process, they all suffer.

Second, the casting is hit-or-miss. Wilmer Valderrama is surprisingly good, as are Greg Kinnear and Ashely Johnson. As expected, Catalina Sandino Moreno runs away with the film, when she's on camera, which is not very much. But Avril Lavigne is laugh-out-loud terrible, as is the comically unscary Luis Guzman.

Third, the grossout factor. There are graphic and bloody scenes of animal death and dismemberment in the movie, but to what end? They're stuck in with no discussion or reflection on them, and because of this, they seem simply gratuitous, not moving or instructive. And really, that's the story of the entire film.