hyped garbage

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Except for absolute fans of Michael (like me), this movie is just a waste of time. If it's a comedy, it's not funny ! If it's a slice of life, it's dull as the focus is one more time about the upper classes : the old chief runs an elitist and expensive restaurant, lives in the most expensive district of Paris and so on… Sure Michaal come from the other side but actually I'm just tired of those characters. They seem to be the only people living in Paris ! In a way, this movie could be a modern reboot of « L'Aile Ou La Cuisse » because we are in the same universe : good / bad cooking, traditional / modern meals, master / student… If you know the movie, you can appreciate the monumental gap of approach and result. The only good thing here is Michael as Reno just seems totally transparent. As i keep writing, Michael is very talented and here he shows his versatility and proves that he is more than a crazy guy; for sure, as expected the only opportunity he got to be funny (dresses like a Japanese wife) is the highlight of the movie !

OK, so the critics didn't much like this frothy French comedy directed by Daniel Cohen, but the French can serve up a blundering wunderkind better than anyone else. Aspiring chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) is called in to save the day for the three-star wonder Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno), who may be on the verge of losing a coveted rating star and his restaurant in the bargain. There's never a moment's doubt how any of the plot lines will resolve, but it's the whole meal that makes this movie fun. It was released summer 2014 in the United States around the same time as the American comedy Chef, which created some box office confusion. Sweet and light as a perfect dessert soufflé, this French offering is a good antidote to, say, the Nightly News. Curmudgeonly Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a mere 48% rating, but audiences liked it more (59%). Said Moira MacDonald in the Seattle Times: Le Chef may not be a masterpiece, but it's nonetheless a treat. Some days, that's just right.

This film is about a chef who has to do his best and reinvent his culinary style in order to stop his boss from closing his restaurant."The Chef" is a light hearted way to look at a chef's struggle to keep his act up. He recruits a young chef to help him out, and much hilarity ensues when personalities and different methods of cooking clash. The film keeps a good pace, and there are plenty of funny scenes to keep viewers entertained. I particularly enjoy the scenes on molecular cuisine experimentation, they are so hilarious! The interpersonal relationships are well handled, particularly between the two chefs and between the young chef and his wife. The portrayal of the young chef's financial problem looks very real, and many viewers will be able to relate to that. I enjoyed watching "The Chef" a lot.

I like Jean Reno and I also like french movies, but this one was a bad evening at the cinema. The acting was lame, the story was predictable, the dialogs terrible. Certainly I did not expect a masterpiece, just funny 90 minutes, but this was one of those movies where you look at your watch to often. You might enjoy this film at home on DVD, but do not spend money on the cinema version. Yes, it is just a comedy, but it is not a very good one. Yes the story is a modern fairy tale, but it is not fun to watch.I am sure that there will be an American remake of this movie in a few month.