In a small American town, several characters are shown in connection with the fast food industry and commerce. Some illegal Mexicans who come and find jobs at the meat packing plant, a young high school student who works at a fast food restaurant, an executive of the fast food company who visits that town in search of the reasons for some problems with their burgers, etc.
A pamphletary and thus necessarily schematic film; I don't mean to say these are bad qualities per se; for one thing, the film doesn't resort to lies and emotional manipulation of a lower kind, and it should be praised for that. All that being said, it is flawed by its thematic diffuseness (too many issues are tackled, without sufficient development in each of them). Politically, it is valid and relevant but doesn't really show the inner workings of power, except for a few remarks about how economic power buys U.S. politicians.
Rating: 50
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