Burnt
13/11/15 Filed in: Cinema
We saw Burnt today, featuring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. Reviews have been mixed and it's vying with a few other big titles, including of course Spectre. Audience reaction has been better than that of the critics, which isn't unusual.
Cooper does a pretty good job of portraying a highly strung chef who has reappeared on the scene after a period of self-imposed rehabilitation, having succumbed to excess in Paris where he rose to be a feted chef before crashing out and letting down a lot of people in the process, some of whom return to exact payback.
The action takes place in London where, now teetotal and forsaking women, he sets out to re-establish his reputation and gain the coveted three-star Michelin rating. Of course, in the company of Helene (Sienna Miller) his avoidance of female relationships was always going to be challenged, although he starts well by giving her a good dressing down in front of everybody, having got her sacked from her previous job so that he could employ her. Not a good start.
Cooper does a pretty good job of portraying a highly strung chef who has reappeared on the scene after a period of self-imposed rehabilitation, having succumbed to excess in Paris where he rose to be a feted chef before crashing out and letting down a lot of people in the process, some of whom return to exact payback.
The action takes place in London where, now teetotal and forsaking women, he sets out to re-establish his reputation and gain the coveted three-star Michelin rating. Of course, in the company of Helene (Sienna Miller) his avoidance of female relationships was always going to be challenged, although he starts well by giving her a good dressing down in front of everybody, having got her sacked from her previous job so that he could employ her. Not a good start.
If top kitchens are anything like depicted in this film you would have to be a masochist to work in one, but it's obviously like all top artistic endeavours, pain is an accepted part of the experience. Both Cooper and Miller are good in their roles, as were the supporting cast. Daniel Bruhl crops up yet again, and it was good to see Omar Sy who featured in the superb French film Intouchables. There's in fact a fair bit of French dialogue, which was a bonus for me.
So once again we enjoyed a film that the critics have not warmed to, and by all accounts which hasn't done too well at the box office. One extra word of warning. Don't go to this film feeling hungry, because the food is out of this world and you will certainly find yourself salivating if haute cuisine is your thing.
So once again we enjoyed a film that the critics have not warmed to, and by all accounts which hasn't done too well at the box office. One extra word of warning. Don't go to this film feeling hungry, because the food is out of this world and you will certainly find yourself salivating if haute cuisine is your thing.