Nov 19, 2023jimg2000 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Mar 19, 2015
Started off great but soon viewers were fed with a fire hose supply of everything-under-the sun subplots: Violent Indian politics, family tragedy, London weather, young romance, racism, business war, professional rivalry,…
Questions that came to my mind upon re-visiting the movie:
(1) Can different cultures unite over the love of food?
(2) When is competition transformed into cooperation and mutual respect?
(3) Does one prepare food only with head…
Mar 24, 2020ArapahoeMarcia rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A cross-cultural gem of a movie. The clash between a classical French restaurant and new India eatery crosses culinary and cultural lines. The characters are wonderful and the story engaging.
Feb 18, 2019howeshound rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A feel-good movie that doesn't patronise its audience, ends well without descending into shmaltz. The story is quite simple, an Indian family starting a new life in France. Their restaurant challenges not only established French notions of…
Jan 09, 2019BookEMonster rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
You are in the right place when the vegetables taste good... What a great movie. It begins with tragedy, and the Indian family must search for a new home. After some stops where the vegetables did not taste right, they land across the…
Dec 28, 2018janet_21 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
We really enjoyed this movie. Seeing the different cultures and why people behaved in certain ways at certain times. Showing that sometimes one's bad behavior and words influences others to do really bad things, beyond what was ok with…
Nov 21, 2018originaladream rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Empty, selfish, and demeaning. A French restaurateur looks down her nose at an Indian family who's starting a new life and carrying on a family business. Seeing that this may be her business's common cuisine competitor, her passive…
Mar 22, 2018PearlyKayAm1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Funny, touching, interesting, clever dialogue. The father was hilarious and Madame Mallory was perfectly cast. A very long movie that never felt slow or drawn out. Would have no trouble watching this a few more times.
Dec 19, 2017ThomasJWhiting rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
VERY GOOD 2014 Lasse Hallstrom directed film with intriguing plot involving Hindi immigrants who have moved to France and their struggles/adventures in a small town setting up a Hindi restaurant directly across from a French…
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