Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/17/2006(USA
Release Date: 03/06/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content, Gore
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Inspired by author
Eric Schlosser's
New York Times best-seller of the same name, director
Richard Linklater's
ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an all-star cast that includes
Greg Kinnear,
Ethan Hawke,
Kris Kristofferson,
Patricia Arquette, and
Luis Guzman. Mickey's is the most popular fast-food chain in America, and The Big One is the top-selling burger that put them on the map. When the higher-ups at Mickey's corporate offices learn that the frozen meat patties used to make the wildly popular burger have somehow been tainted with contaminated meat, they send marketing executive
Don Henderson (
Kinnear) on an urgent mission to ensure quality control and find out precisely how their product became compromised. It's a long way from the Southern California boardroom to the immigrant slaughterhouses, though, and the further
Henderson works his way through the bustling feedlots and toward the ubiquitous restaurant sites that have become a staple of modern culture, the more he begins to realize just how dangerous convenience can become when it leads to blissfully ignorant complacency.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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