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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Unlike the hot-tempered chef at the centre of the action, this comedy drama starring a sparky Bradley Cooper never comes to the boil. Cooper plays the head chef who, after going off the rails on booze and drugs, still craves the heat of the kitchen, and is given a second chance by his former boss (Daniel Brühl) at a prestigious London restaurant. Cooper may now be sober but he's still a nightmare for the staff, including Sienna Miller, who very obviously begins melting away those hard edges. The Company Men director John Wells - working from a script by Steven Knight (Locke) - is wary of gushing sentiment, and this isn't a joyous celebration of food like Jon Favreau's Chef. Instead, Wells and Knight aim to dissect the chef's obsessive-compulsive mind, but they don't get in deep enough, and Emma Thompson, as Jones's therapist, fails by extension. Old flames Alicia Vikander and Uma Thurman (in cameo) don't inform the story either, and a subplot involving an underworld debt fails to up the ante. Naturally, with dishes designed by celebrity chef Marcus Wareing, there's lots of food porn, but the overall sensation is one of emptiness.

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Cast

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Adam JonesBradley Cooper
HeleneSienna Miller
MichelOmar Sy
TonyDaniel Brühl
MaxRiccardo Scamarcio
DavidSam Keeley
ReeceMatthew Rhys
Dr RosshildeEmma Thompson
SaraLily James
KaitlinSarah Greene
Anne MarieAlicia Vikander

Crew

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DirectorJohn Wells (2)

Details

Theatrical distributor
Entertainment
Released on
2015-11-06
Languages
English | Italian | French
Guidance
Swearing, sexual references.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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