Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

davidvpcol Simple? Yes. Funny? Yes. Effective? Sure. This is a humble but yet very very funny movie. The earnest Jean Reno at his finest comedy bringing his bad man face into akward situations. Is very very hard to find a movie in which you can laugh at least 5 min, so this is not THE movie, but fulfills it's porpoise. Jean Reno the serious and Youn the funny optimistic guy is a much seen combination, but surely enjoyable. You won't regret watching it

TxMike I found this movie on Netflix streaming movies. I like Jean Reno in everything I have seen him in and he is great here.He is famous chef Alexandre Lagarde at a 3-star restaurant. He also does a live cooking show. He is at odds with the owner's son who wants to oust him and seems willing to do anything to have him lose a star as a way to void his contract.Enter comic actor Michaël Youn as Jacky Bonnot, a bright guy who can't seem to keep a job. When he gets into food service he mistreats the guests who want certain food and wine combinations that Jacky knows are inappropriate. So the best he can do, to try to keep his pregnant girlfriend happy, is get a job as a painter.The other quality Jacky has is his sense of food combinations and preparation. He is a student of Lagarde's cooking, has all his books, knows all his recipes, even can recall when each live show was telecast. Eventually he and Lagarde team up.This is a comedy and a very good one. It was French with English subtitles.

Gordon-11 This film is about a chef who has to do his best and reinvent his culinary style in order to stop his boss from closing his restaurant."The Chef" is a light hearted way to look at a chef's struggle to keep his act up. He recruits a young chef to help him out, and much hilarity ensues when personalities and different methods of cooking clash. The film keeps a good pace, and there are plenty of funny scenes to keep viewers entertained. I particularly enjoy the scenes on molecular cuisine experimentation, they are so hilarious! The interpersonal relationships are well handled, particularly between the two chefs and between the young chef and his wife. The portrayal of the young chef's financial problem looks very real, and many viewers will be able to relate to that. I enjoyed watching "The Chef" a lot.

John Raymond Peterson This is common fare light comedy about an uncommon subject; well not that uncommon when you search related titles and find a dozen or so. It's not the 2009 'Julie & Julia' for story and performances but it's charming enough if you have a bit of a culinary interest and understand the guarded pride the French have for that art (Oh yes, it's certainly an art). You'll enjoy Reno's character and his performance but I find that the lesser known Michaël Youn has the better role here and delivers it very well. It may be more accurate to say, as another reviewer pointed out, that Reno and Youn make a nice duet. I'm happy that the movie does not make caricatures of the roles of the two main actors. One more thing, and one that gives it the flavour of a French movie, is that the love interests of both Reno and Youn are extremely attractive women, yummy, if I may say shamelessly.