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Fast Food, Fast Women

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Fast Food, Fast Women reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: Amos Kollek

Directed by: Amos Kollek

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 18, 2001
DVD: November 26, 2002

Running Time: 95 minutes, Color

Origin: France / Italy / USA

Summary

RATING: R for sexuality/nudity and language

Starring Anna Levine Thomson, Jamie Harris, Louise Lasser, Robert Modica, Lonette McKee, Victor Argo, and Angelica Torn

A contemporary New York comedy that follows the romantic twists and turns of the patrons of a Manhattan coffee shop and its over-worked waitress Bella (Thomson), who, on the cusp of her 35th birthday allows herself to be set-up on a date with Bruno (Harris), an irresponsible cab driver and father of two. (Lot 47 Films)

What The Critics Said

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

An intimate, small-scale movie in the nicest sense.

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70

Variety Lisa Nesselson

Boasts engaging characters, inventive situations and a series of satisfying punchlines that will send viewers out with a smile.

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70

Village Voice Leslie Camhi

In his film's better moments, Kollek makes us laugh at these visions while also revealing their grace and frailty.

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63

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

As usual, Thomson steers right into the heart of vulnerability, with a painfully true performance as a guarded, confused soul.

63

Boston Globe Jay Carr

A warmhearted, hardworking little comedy that owes a lot of its charm to its modesty.

60

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

One of those genially paced, character-driven indies, and succeeds as such very well.

50

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Despite a script that occasionally calls for some embarrassingly awkward lines, Kollek's cast generally acquits itself well.

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40

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

The film's power lies in the fact that the façade is crumbling on the actress even as she clings to it. That this is not a pathetic sight is due to the grit that we glimpse through the cracks. It's Barbie, becoming human.

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40

Washington Post Curt Fields

Tries hard to be charming but succeeds only occasionally.

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38

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

There's nothing wrong with Fast Food Fast Women that a casting director and a rewrite couldn't have fixed.

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38

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

Kollek's fondness for whimsical plot turns adds still more random elements to a movie that at times seems edited by a blindfolded monkey.

38

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Painfully cute drama.

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33

Portland Oregonian Staff (Not credited)

Dreary and dull.

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30

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

It's not wrong to wish these actors were working in the service of a better script or more assured direction, but it's probably also possible to simply take pleasure in their performances.

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30

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Yet another of Israeli-born filmmaker Amos Kolleck's pointless, meandering tales of eccentric New Yorkers navigating the treacherous waters of love and survival.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Has a vacant, inept, why-oh-why feeling from its opening minutes and only gets worse.

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25

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Overly familiar, poorly cast and often annoyingly crude New York comedy that never finds its groove.

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25

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Kollek is a fringe auteur who makes independent films the old fashioned way: no budget, static camera, a script that telegraphs its tiny, paste gem ironies.

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20

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Fast Food Fast Women is "Sex and the City" in Payless shoes. An incoherent jumble of characters and situations.

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20

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Almost creates a sense of dread as you sit watching its raft of aimless, self-absorbed neurotics clang into one another.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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