Review of Fast Food Nation (2006) by Chads. — 19 Nov 2006
To say that "Fast Food Nation" plays like a John Sayles film is too easy. There also seems to be a sly nod to Spike Jonze's "Adaptation", which isn't all that crazy since the Eric Schlosser expose on the fast-food industry is a plotless non-fiction book that's about as problematic to adapt as Susan Orleans' "The Orchid Thief".
The sex and nudity in "Fast Food Nation" caught me off-guard in the same way that Judy Greer's topless scene in the Spike Jonze film did. It just seems flat-out gratuitous. To me, the inside joke(or unintended inside joke) of "Fast Food Nation" is the notion that John Sayles has a twin(like Charlie has Donald Kaufman), and this twin, let's call him Rex, wants the Mexican immigrants to be more sexy.
What Ana Claudia Talancon(her scene is erotic) and Catalina Sandino Moreno(her scene is degrading) are asked to do is surprisingly graphic.
This review of Fast Food Nation (2006) was written by Chads. on 19 Nov 2006.
Fast Food Nation has generally received mixed reviews.
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