Burnt Reviews

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a really nice cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even though it turned out to be a decent watch, there were still too many elements that bothered me. First of all, they made the same mistake made by many other movies dealing with this subject by focusing too much on the characters and not enough on the actual cooking and the actual food. I mean, the food did look awesome but you just get some very short glimpses and those glimpses were not enough. Then, the second mistake they made was that, while Adam Jones's come-back was interesting, they kept referring his troubled past during which he started with nothing, became the best and lost it all in the most chaotic way possible and it sounded much more fascinating than his come-back. Finally, it is a well known fact that Bradley Cooper is fluent in French but, to be honest, I thought his French was actually average at best and, even though I'm French myself, I'm not sure if I would have been able to understand what he said without the subtitles. And, of course, why on Earth would they cast Alicia Vikander to play a French character is beyond me. Fortunately,  even though they messed up some stuff, the whole was still fairly entertaining. Indeed, one thing they got right was to show the manic energy coming from such kitchens. Indeed, you could feel the obsession that can be so creative but also really destructive and it is one of the very few movies that managed to convince me that cooking really can be an Art. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was not bad and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

I've been meaning to watch this for some time. I'm not even sure why I haven't. I love foodie movies and to top it off the cast is also excellent. There are even a few people here I didn't know were in the cast that I like. John Wells has only directed three movies so far and I've seen them all. As of before starting this Company Men is my favorite, but that may change. Steven Knight is a pretty entertaining writer with Pawn Sacrifice, The One Hundred-Foot Journey, and Redemption to name a few. I've only seen one other film written by Michael Kalesniko and it was vastly different (still very fun) than this will be. So I'm hoping with all this positives that this will be a good watch. Damn he counted every single one. See I wish I could just walk out of a job like that sometimes. Yep it seems to me a lot of great cooks always come off as complete assholes. Ah the good ole recruitment montage. Lol pay someone to work for them hell no! I don't care who you are. So at least he has some redeeming factors like not ridiculing a fast food joint. Oh wow that food is beautiful! At least he can back up his extreme cockiness. That was just plain mean. Yeah he definitely feels like a Gordon Ramsey type. Holy shit that was crazy! Gosh cooking is such an amazing work of art! Expensive food is almost always so small, but always looks so tasty. Aww I always hate seeing good people treated poorly. Oh that was touching. That's an interesting little twist of development. Hey there is my lady Alicia Vikander! Oh no don't go mucking it all up again. Damnnnnnnn! Wow that was such an incredible moment! Man this was just great. It had nice twists and turns. The characters were entertaining and well rounded. I knew I would enjoy this so much. I don't get why it has a bit of a low rating here. I definitely recommend this one for sure.