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Initial Thought: Now to get the unpleasantness of the previous movie out of my mind I chose this. Who doesn't love a good foodie film. Plus the goddess Helen Mirren is in this.
Characters/Acting: When Helen Mirren is involved nothing else really matters to me haha. The only other familiar face here is Rohan Chand. The acting is quite good. French accents are incroyable (incredible in English). The characters are all interesting. Manish Dayal looks like an Indian version of a few different American actors one being Adrian Grenier. Of course I still found Helen Mirren to be the scene stealer. I'm biased whatever.
Story: It's about an Indian family who moves to France across from a popular French Restaurant and opens their own style of restaurant. I didn't expect this to start the way it did, but it definitely pulls you in. It's kind of like the Romeo & Juliet of restaurant rivalry. The food visuals are amazing and just mouth watering. The ending was alright albeit kind of predictable.
Directing/Writing: This is based off of a book by Richard C. Morais. I'm not familiar with him and it seems to be his only work of note here. Steven Knight has written quite a few well known movies some great and some not. The only other work I have seen of his was Redemption with Jason Statham. Lasse Hallstrom is quite a well known director of which I have only seen Hachiko, Safe Haven, Dear John, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape. All of which are quite good films. I have a feeling I will be far from disappointed.
Final Thought: This was a beautiful foodie film for the whole family. It was interesting to see the various ways of cooking. It's definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it. Watch it on a full stomach though or you will be wishing you had.
