Review of Fast Food Nation (2006) by Laurence C — 06 Jun 2009

Compelling but distressingly uncinematic, Fast Food Nation mostly functions as a sleepy, modestly biting expose of everything that's wrong with our junk food industry. Like most Richard Linklater films, it's constructed with enjoyably realistic scenes of people hanging out and talking-- but all these interconnected storylines don't add up to much, down the line.

It ends up feeling litterary and airless, despite the best efforts of the cast and the disturbing punches of the narrative. What is there to say? I do not recommend it, but I do not NOT recommend it. That should be enough.