One thing that struck me about the trailers before the reviews came in saying how bad it is was this guy saying something like "if you try to open a new restaurant, there are at least a dozen people who will try to have you killed" and I just thought "no there isn't".
The whole premise feels like it should have been both made-for-TV and made-for-the-late-90s; indeed the dialogue seems like it could be from a 1998 episode of Sex and The City, with Bradley Cooper playing one of the forgettable boyfriends and who gets ditched after one episode for being some kind of twat/fetishist.
I blame Gordon Ramsay for this trend that says that fascinating cooking session must be full of swear words and temper tantrums. If you look to the TRUE 3 Michelin stars chefs like Thomas Keller, Alain Ducasse or Eric Ripert, they don't behave like a military general in the kitchen. In Keller's restaurants, communication's volume and tone of how people talk is kept to a minimum. Even yelling out customer orders weren't allowed. And that looks even more professional to me rather than bullying those poor sous chefs.
+remsan03 I think it all started with the late 90's Channel 4's docu Boiling Point on Ramsay looking for a Michelin star. He fired a worker for drinking water 'in front' of the guests while they had to leave the kitchen doors open because the extractor fans had failed and most of the crew were sweating and on the verge of fainting, all the while Ramsay's yelling and swearing could be heard from the dining area. I always wondered if that guy got his job back. I did like the first series of the British Kitchen Nightmares where he did expose what can go on when resturants get out of control, but since his transatlantic adventures he's just become a caricature of himself.
As a chef and a passionate one who works 60 - 70 hours a week in a kitchen even I'm fed up with this shouty arrogant chef nonsense. None of these films have ever shown my experiences in a kitchen which is a fun exciting and stressful place, a lot of the time full of sex and drugs and drinking. Honestly the only decent portrayal of chefs and kitchens was in a comedy show with Alan Davies called whites, it was cancelled after the first season but it gives the best idea of most kitchens and I quite enjoyed it. Anyway won't be watching this one I think, will however be interested in the new Charlie kauffman film coming out soon! can't wait to hear your views on it mark
+Luvie1980 it's a very old school way of a chef, young guys just don't put up with it anymore and ramsay gets away with it because of who he is, but I've certainly been on the end of a few screaming chefs and heard stories from 10 or so years ago of lots of violence. doesn't wash these days
This was Bradley Cooper 2nd flop of the year in the States along with Cameron Crowe Aloha (when is getting a release over here), although the Crowe film made more money. After the massive hit of American Sniper (that would have been a hit with or without Cooper in it, let's be honest). I always find Cooper at his strongest when he's not a leading man. I still check this out cause i'm a fan of Steven Knight, come on bring on season 3 of Peaky Blinders.
All i've ever been able to think of when someone says the word "Chef", is someone saying "Yes Chef!" and Lenny Henry staring at them with an angry expression. That's the only way a chef movie would get me to the cinema.
The performances are good, but story and dialogue aren't interesting. The structure is messy, it happens like this: happy, sad, happy, sad, happy, sad. For two hours! And eating popcorn in front of it is better than the movie
I only managed to watch half of it before giving up, it was so boring and predictable. It might have been good if it had parodied the fetishism of food, like the fetishism shown towards business cards in American Psycho. That would have been funny.
Watched it on Sunday to see if it was as bad as I'd heard. It's worse, far worse. As someone who was in top end catering catering for 30 years this is insulting. Also you can't ride a motorbike in Britain without a helmet and not get nicked, unless you're a celebrity chef it would seem. Really bad film with a fairly good cast. The only thing that interested me was the fact that Riccardo Scammarcio was in it. He played Il Nero in 'Romanzo Criminale' the movie version, which is one of my favourite films. Burnt? It should have been. Really incredible dire.
Yes, but if I'm honest I only like that for shows. I want to see brand new movies, hopefully in a few years new movies will come straight to netflix like Beasts of no nation. But for now I honestly like having at least one reason to leave the house on weekends.
I liked the film "Chef", now that was a good film about the love of cooking. However this movie I won't be seeing, that dialogue wasn't even so bad it was good. Wow...just awful.
I was hoping it would be like a thriller the way something like the Social Network was a thriller. I'd be more into a cool Anthony Bourdain rather than a shouty Gordon Ramsey type too.
This movie was obnoxiously bad. Never felt sorry or had any sympathy to this character at all. In fact he got what he deserved when they thought the Michelin testers were there and was sabotaged by one of his sous chefs who wanted to get back at him for what he did to him. I was like...good for him. The food looked pretentious, not appetizing. When I realized that Gordon Ramsey's was one of the executive producers then it all made sense.
Well... Certainly entertaining... Did no one point out to the script writers that the complete absence of the Bangladeshi community in London chef world is just not plausible? Me thinks.... The idea that London has a vibrant food culture (Which it does.) was destroyed on the premise that all chefs are psychotic, moody, dangerous, have a history of drug abuse, are drop dead gorgeous and despite years of cooking everything in butter don't have a bit of a belly. It's also reassuring to know they all have an unlimited supply of cash because they know how to cook a decent halibut and that people who eat in restaurants eat in silence and have orgasms when a carrot purée is just as orange as it can be. Enjoyed the accasional Heston Blumenthal insults. The very idea that anyone wets their pants because the Evening Standard food critic walks in.... Well... They don't do they. It's the Evening Standard. They need to fret about the food standards agency first. On a professional level. Did you spot any innovations you'd like to introduce in the kitchen to up the quality, like getting the chef to come in at 6 in the morning perhaps to work on his sauces? Get the team to start using 'boil in a bag' fish then fry it. That seems to be the way forward. I swear to god I saw fish fingers in a pan when they were fussing because they thought the Michelin folk were in. This is a restaurant that can't spot two software salesmen from Birmingham... Worse still... It was a restaurant that took a booking from two software salesmen from Birmingham.... Sack the person who took the booking. At one point there was a bloke fishing under Blackfriars Bridge...?????? Compulsive viewing... Just the ⭐⭐ Can't stretch to ⭐⭐⭐
Beautifully made, beautiful production, but the relentless piling on of clichés like the worst Steven Spielberg movie just drained it of life. Totally forgettable.
This movie was made for the millions of people who work in kitchens. Not for critics and movie watchers (coming from someone who loves movies and works in a kitchen)
One thing that struck me about the trailers before the reviews came in saying how bad it is was this guy saying something like "if you try to open a new restaurant, there are at least a dozen people who will try to have you killed" and I just thought "no there isn't".
"I want to make food that makes people stop eating"
Brilliant.
"I don't want my restaurant to be a place where you come and eat"
amazing
The whole premise feels like it should have been both made-for-TV and made-for-the-late-90s; indeed the dialogue seems like it could be from a 1998 episode of Sex and The City, with Bradley Cooper playing one of the forgettable boyfriends and who gets ditched after one episode for being some kind of twat/fetishist.
That’s funny because Bradley Cooper actually starred in the short-lived TV adaptation of Anthony Bourdain’s book Kitchen Confidential
"it did make me want to see Chef again" is a *scathing* critique of a food movie, up there with "no, of course it's not better than Ratatouille"
I'm disapointed this isn't about spy whoses secret identity as a chef get exposed
+Redem10 does he work on a boat?
He later works on a train
I am not gonna deny it, I absolutely adored this film
... I appreciated that 'Pont Neuf' reference...
I blame Gordon Ramsay for this trend that says that fascinating cooking session must be full of swear words and temper tantrums.
If you look to the TRUE 3 Michelin stars chefs like Thomas Keller, Alain Ducasse or Eric Ripert, they don't behave like a military general in the kitchen. In Keller's restaurants, communication's volume and tone of how people talk is kept to a minimum. Even yelling out customer orders weren't allowed. And that looks even more professional to me rather than bullying those poor sous chefs.
+remsan03 I think it all started with the late 90's Channel 4's docu Boiling Point on Ramsay looking for a Michelin star. He fired a worker for drinking water 'in front' of the guests while they had to leave the kitchen doors open because the extractor fans had failed and most of the crew were sweating and on the verge of fainting, all the while Ramsay's yelling and swearing could be heard from the dining area. I always wondered if that guy got his job back.
I did like the first series of the British Kitchen Nightmares where he did expose what can go on when resturants get out of control, but since his transatlantic adventures he's just become a caricature of himself.
This is MPW erasure.
As a chef and a passionate one who works 60 - 70 hours a week in a kitchen even I'm fed up with this shouty arrogant chef nonsense. None of these films have ever shown my experiences in a kitchen which is a fun exciting and stressful place, a lot of the time full of sex and drugs and drinking. Honestly the only decent portrayal of chefs and kitchens was in a comedy show with Alan Davies called whites, it was cancelled after the first season but it gives the best idea of most kitchens and I quite enjoyed it. Anyway won't be watching this one I think, will however be interested in the new Charlie kauffman film coming out soon! can't wait to hear your views on it mark
"a lot of the time full of sex and drugs and drinking" hahaha really?
+Keyser Soze more than you think haha!
+Keyser Soze more than you think haha!
Thank you. You can thank Gordon Ramsey for that stereotype.
+Luvie1980 it's a very old school way of a chef, young guys just don't put up with it anymore and ramsay gets away with it because of who he is, but I've certainly been on the end of a few screaming chefs and heard stories from 10 or so years ago of lots of violence. doesn't wash these days
None of the dialogue in that clip was cohesive at all.
Nobody on earth talks like that
Seems like he is trying to channel John Hamm and failing spectacularly for the dialogue written
This was Bradley Cooper 2nd flop of the year in the States along with Cameron Crowe Aloha (when is getting a release over here), although the Crowe film made more money. After the massive hit of American Sniper (that would have been a hit with or without Cooper in it, let's be honest). I always find Cooper at his strongest when he's not a leading man. I still check this out cause i'm a fan of Steven Knight, come on bring on season 3 of Peaky Blinders.
I think he is superiorly overrated as an actor.
Jaime Carlander Oh look at the fanboy looking for an argument. Well I am right, now please GFY!
+Luvie1980 I agree
All i've ever been able to think of when someone says the word "Chef", is someone saying "Yes Chef!" and Lenny Henry staring at them with an angry expression. That's the only way a chef movie would get me to the cinema.
Its not as bad as the clip makes it seem, its just slightly above it.
I got the Pont Neuf joke and it did make me laugh!
The performances are good, but story and dialogue aren't interesting. The structure is messy, it happens like this: happy, sad, happy, sad, happy, sad. For two hours! And eating popcorn in front of it is better than the movie
I normally agree with the Good Doctor, but I have to say i really loved this film.
It's also got Uma Thurman in it. Hollywood must have had a long weekend off during this shoot! It is really really really bad!
Hackneyed is a word I haven't heard in a while
John Favreau's chef is much better than this!
Don't let people badger you anywhere.
I bet if they interviewed Bradley Cooper this week he would've said he liked it.
Kermode V Ramsey. we all want to see that right?
I only managed to watch half of it before giving up, it was so boring and predictable. It might have been good if it had parodied the fetishism of food, like the fetishism shown towards business cards in American Psycho. That would have been funny.
The Bear is Burnt's much better cousin.
Watched it on Sunday to see if it was as bad as I'd heard. It's worse, far worse. As someone who was in top end catering catering for 30 years this is insulting. Also you can't ride a motorbike in Britain without a helmet and not get nicked, unless you're a celebrity chef it would seem. Really bad film with a fairly good cast. The only thing that interested me was the fact that Riccardo Scammarcio was in it. He played Il Nero in 'Romanzo Criminale' the movie version, which is one of my favourite films. Burnt? It should have been. Really incredible dire.
Don't sit on the fence mate tell us what you really thought.
Hmm...There appears to be nothing new and worth seeing this week.
+James Bastion do you even netflix bro?
Yes, but if I'm honest I only like that for shows. I want to see brand new movies, hopefully in a few years new movies will come straight to netflix like Beasts of no nation. But for now I honestly like having at least one reason to leave the house on weekends.
James Bastion totally understandable
I heard that too, but it's not out in the UK right now (at least to my limited knowledge), I wonder when it does come out here though.
Looks like a return to crimson peak, eh?
I liked the film "Chef", now that was a good film about the love of cooking. However this movie I won't be seeing, that dialogue wasn't even so bad it was good. Wow...just awful.
I was hoping it would be like a thriller the way something like the Social Network was a thriller. I'd be more into a cool Anthony Bourdain rather than a shouty Gordon Ramsey type too.
This film looks shockingly contrite
"How annoying is that?" lol
Nah, this is a fantastic film… it’s not about the shouting :P
This movie was obnoxiously bad. Never felt sorry or had any sympathy to this character at all. In fact he got what he deserved when they thought the Michelin testers were there and was sabotaged by one of his sous chefs who wanted to get back at him for what he did to him. I was like...good for him. The food looked pretentious, not appetizing. When I realized that Gordon Ramsey's was one of the executive producers then it all made sense.
Pie in the Sky is probably a lot better
....... BYE! 😁
I thought it was very good.
Well... Certainly entertaining...
Did no one point out to the script writers that the complete absence of the Bangladeshi community in London chef world is just not plausible?
Me thinks.... The idea that London has a vibrant food culture (Which it does.) was destroyed on the premise that all chefs are psychotic, moody, dangerous, have a history of drug abuse, are drop dead gorgeous and despite years of cooking everything in butter don't have a bit of a belly.
It's also reassuring to know they all have an unlimited supply of cash because they know how to cook a decent halibut and that people who eat in restaurants eat in silence and have orgasms when a carrot purée is just as orange as it can be.
Enjoyed the accasional Heston Blumenthal insults. The very idea that anyone wets their pants because the Evening Standard food critic walks in.... Well... They don't do they. It's the Evening Standard. They need to fret about the food standards agency first.
On a professional level.
Did you spot any innovations you'd like to introduce in the kitchen to up the quality, like getting the chef to come in at 6 in the morning perhaps to work on his sauces?
Get the team to start using 'boil in a bag' fish then fry it. That seems to be the way forward. I swear to god I saw fish fingers in a pan when they were fussing because they thought the Michelin folk were in.
This is a restaurant that can't spot two software salesmen from Birmingham... Worse still... It was a restaurant that took a booking from two software salesmen from Birmingham.... Sack the person who took the booking. At one point there was a bloke fishing under Blackfriars Bridge...??????
Compulsive viewing...
Just the ⭐⭐
Can't stretch to ⭐⭐⭐
Beautifully made, beautiful production, but the relentless piling on of clichés like the worst Steven Spielberg movie just drained it of life. Totally forgettable.
Comments section is full of uninformed home cooks I see
*Ugh...*
This movie was made for the millions of people who work in kitchens. Not for critics and movie watchers (coming from someone who loves movies and works in a kitchen)