Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy is now streaming on Netflix, with British comic and television personality Mo Gilligan at the center of its unusual investigation. The documentary explores the darker side of a rapidly expanding fast-food industry.
To make its point, Gilligan eats fast-food fried chicken for 28 consecutive days. The extreme food challenge gives the film a deliberately provocative hook while he examines the broader questions surrounding the booming chicken business.
Presented as a gimmicky, quasi-activist documentary, Big Chicken combines comedy with an attempt to scrutinize fast food. Gilligan’s month-long experiment drives the film’s central argument and shapes its unconventional approach.
The result is a Netflix feature likely to appeal to viewers interested in food documentaries with a comic presenter and an intentionally over-the-top premise.
