Chef

[Steve Williams]

I saw this film yesterday and all I can say is wow. The season is still young but for me this is the sleeper film of the year. What an absolutely wonderful movie built around food

I was shocked that this film was written and directed by Jon Favreau who also had the lead role.

From IMDB, here is a summary of the plot.......

A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.

Terrific bunch of actors including
Dustin Hoffman
Scarlett Johansson
Robert Downey Jr
Sophia Vergera
John Leguizamo
Bobby Cannavale
Oliver Platt

We caught it in the afternoon where there were all of only 6 other people in the theater

I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it. To some extent the film brought back memories of another similar food based movie called Big Night from 1996 with Stanley Tucci

 

[BruceD]

Yes Steve--I see it garnered good reviews--I used to own a Restaurant so I sorta know the ropes --so to speak

at the other end of the spectrum--you may(or may NOT!) like this

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070130/?ref_=ttmd_ph_tt1

I saw it many moons ago-- with many guffaws at the gross Euro humour-ha!

BruceD

 

[Ronm1]

To some extent the film brought back memories of another similar food based movie called Big Night from 1996 with Stanley Tucci

Love that film!!

 

[garylkoh]

Love movies about cooking!! My wife and I watched this one a couple of nights ago. We both thought that it was exquisite.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Stanley Tucci was terrific as Meryl Streep's husband in Julie & Julia. Not a great film by any stretch, but I thought it a fun few hours.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Julie-and-Julia-Blu-ray/7458/#Review

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Love movies about cooking!! My wife and I watched this one a couple of nights ago. We both thought that it was exquisite.

Excellent film!

 

[amirm]

Thanks guys. Did not even know about that movie! Will order a copy .

 

[KeithR]

Great film- except for the last 10 minutes. They didn't need to go there was the sad part.

 

[Steve Williams]

big Night is an absolute classic. Chef is truly a wonderful film. Kudos to Jon Favreau

 

[still-one]

We were in Europe when this first came out but we finally had the opportunity to go and see "Chef" this afternoon. I have never been a big Jon Favreau film fan but this one hit all the right buttons. We both enjoyed it a great deal. It is nice to see that a film can be made where half the cast is not acting like bumbling idiots.

I agree with Steve that this is one of the Best Films I have seen this year.

 

[GaryProtein]

We saw Chef a couple of months ago. It was a terrific film.