The Chef (Comme un chef) (2012)
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83% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
62% want to see it
(260 ratings)
Jacky, a self-trained cook with haute-cuisine ambitions, gets canned from a series of menial cooking jobs. His pregnant girlfriend Beatrice tries to halt their financial meltdown by arranging a handyman position for him at an old folks home, but he can't resist the siren call of the kitchen.… More Jacky, a self-trained cook with haute-cuisine ambitions, gets canned from a series of menial cooking jobs. His pregnant girlfriend Beatrice tries to halt their financial meltdown by arranging a handyman position for him at an old folks home, but he can't resist the siren call of the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alexandre, chef of the three-star establishment Cargo Lagarde, faces a crisis of a different sort. Stanislaw, the son of his retired business partner, wants him to cut costs and introduce molecular gastronomy.
- Directed By
- Daniel Cohen
- Written By
- Daniel Cohen
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- Studio
- Gaumont
Critic Reviews
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Dominic Corry, Flicks.co.nz
About as obvious and predictable a French comedy as you could imagine. I loved it.
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Ed Gibbs, The National
This is French farce in its most straightforward form, rather than the radical, cutting satire some would wish for.
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Jim Schembri, 3AW
Highly likeable, souffle-light French comedy.
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Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
In this froth of a film, everything is a bit larger than life, but it's done with a nice sense of abandon and it's grounded by the performances
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Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
Light and broad comedy fuse together harmoniously in this frothy comedy set in the restaurant world in which cuisine, relationships and careers are agitated precariously in a mixing bowl of surprises
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Cast
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Jean Reno
as Alexandre Lagarde
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Michaël Youn
as Jacky Bonnet
- Raphaelle Agogue
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James Gerard
as Cyril Boss
- Julien Boisselier
- Salomé Stévenin
- Santiago Segura
- Bun Hay Hean
- Issa Doumbia
- Serge Lariviere
