6.5
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Bradley Cooper
Adam Jones
Sienna Miller
Helene
Omar Sy
Michel
Daniel Brühl
Tony
Riccardo Scamarcio
Max
Sam Keeley
David
Alicia Vikander
Anne Marie
Matthew Rhys
Reece
Lily James
Sara
Uma Thurman
Simone
Emma Thompson
Dr. Rosshilde
Sarah Greene
Kaitlin
Chelsea Li
Bar-Goer
Christopher Heskey
Conducteur
Henry Goodman
Conti
Stephen Campbell Moore
Jack
Lexie Benbow-Hart
Lily
Bo Bene
Yana
Elisa Lasowski
Denitzi
Julian Firth
Langham Maitre'd
John Macdonald
French Heavy #1
Raphael Acloque
French Heavy #2
Richard Rankin
Reece Waiter
Martin Trenaman
Emile
Jody Halse
Electrician
Erica Emm
Julia - MP Wife
Charlotte Hawkins
TV Presenter
Morayo Akandé
Hotel Staff (uncredited)
Director
John Wells
Screenplay
Steven Knight
Story
Michael Kalesniko
February 4, 2016
7
> It is not perfect, but delicious.
Movies about foods and chefs are quite popular since the beginning of the cinema. Not only among the food lovers, but the movie fans, critics as well common people decides to book a table at a nearby best restaurant after watching a delicious film like this. At least one movie in every year makes us to talk about the foods for that entire week. Like the Jon Favreau's last year's 'Chef', this is 2015's.
On this theme, movies are always quite similar, except subplots like family, friends and sometimes foods from the different part of the earth as well. This film was not that brilliant when it comes to innovation in the story. The same old chef who comes back strongly after losing everything to get a another star. So what makes this special is that the actors, everyone was awesome. Even in smaller parts, especially the lead one Bradley Cooper makes all the difference.
There was a twist, but it does not make us say wow. Definitely it was a bit fun, filled with some dark humours. The slow, dull storytelling was almost like a soulless product, but anyway, kind of it worked well due to the style of film setting that created to narrate it. Feels like in the many scenes, characters were intensely dragged in like the cameos, otherwise it would have been very plain. Overall, it's not a best food/chef movie I've ever seen, but very much watchable and enjoyable.
7/10