The Worst Film Ever

Good concept, poorly executed.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The original version of this film, Bella Martha, is wonderful. This is both a pointless adaptation, and not even a good one. Where it matches the original, it matches it line for line, scene for scene, and doesn't lend anything new to the story. Where it changes the original plot, I don't think it makes it better.

A movie about a uptight chef, who faces a turmoil of emotions, happy, sad all at the same time. So tries to adapt to the new situations. That is a very strong script and yet the movie is boring as hell.When i looked at the trailer i knew it would be really fun and Catherina Zeta Jones is a able actor to pull this off. But no, this is extremely dismal performance for the actress. By far this is the worst performance and am not just talking about being a perfectionist in the kitchen, her love interest with Aaron Eckhart and a likable aunt with her niece she falls in all places and really low.The movie starts off in a very interesting note, and shows the actress in the kitchen and cuts back and forth with a therapist and then moves on to show the tragedy in her life and niece moving with her. It was very intriguing and i really thought this could go somewhere, but after all that am not sure what happened to all the flamboyance and grit that the movie had. It just fell apart and i was hoping despite this, the acting would be good enough to carry the movie and disappointment again.This movie confused me a lot, i understand the little girl was going through a really difficult time, but many times her anger was totally not needed. Running off in the road, going to her mom's grave for a reason which was beyond reason. Standing in freezing cold for no reason, the girl looked appallingly bad. And there was Aaron Eckhart, he was again at his lowest low, when he came in to the movie i was hoping a bonding issue with the actress would eventually turn into love and would have its fun moments.None of that existed, he was this exuberant and passionate guy and such a character will have to be fun in this uptight movie, he had no such moments. I don't even understand why was he fired in the first place and the chemistry between the characters was the worst. The aunt-niece was pathetic, lead actors chemistry was abysmal and the movie had lost all the finesse, passion and short did not have the heart to carry it through.The screenplay was really bad, dialogues were worse and the scenes in the trailer where Catherina Zeta Jones blows out on a customer complaint was split into 2 sections. One in the start and one right before the end, which totally doesn't make sense. The characters should grown into you, not go back and forth on the same emotions and insanely annoy you.The movie should have focused on the bonding between actress and little girl and build the story around it, it would be a really fun and interesting to watch, but instead goes in all different directions and loses our interests after the first 20 minutes which is a huge disappointment. Never seen such a wasted script and feel really for the sub-standard and lackluster attempt by the director on the script. A movie totally worth skipping.

No Reservations (2007): Dir: Scott Hicks / Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Bob Balaban: Title physically suggests the restaurant setting for which Catherine Zeta-Jones works but symbolically it addresses her inner struggle for relationships. She plays an uptight chef who is given custody of her niece when her sister dies. A male chef is hired and she is put off with his ability to ease tension in the kitchen. Setting presents charm but structure is predictable. It lacks romance and highlights grief. Directed by Scott Hicks who previously made Snow Falling on Cedars and Shine. He is aided by good locations and a terrific lead. Zeta-Jones holds her own as a respected chef who suddenly lapses into responsibility for her niece and struggling to cope with the stress. Aaron Eckhart had potential as the stress managing new chef but the role is reduced to romantic clichés. Abigail Breslin plays the niece who will struggle to adapt, hate Zeta-Jones's food, and eat whatever Eckhart puts in front of her. Patricia Clarkson is flat as Zeta-Jones's boss. Bob Balaban makes an appearance playing Zeta-Jones's therapist who tells her the obvious bull. While the film makes reservations for emotional healing its delivery is far from perfect when factoring in that it was advertized as a romantic comedy and delivers on leftovers from other films. Score: 5 ½ / 10

What does it take to make one happy most of the time? A little bit of love and good food is what is perfectly required. "No Reservation" is exactly what it tries to convey, a perfect blend of both.The movie begins with an interesting conversation that sets up the whole story of the film until when something uncertain happens that changes the climate of the story. The story line is spot on. The characters in the movie (Catherine Zeta, Abigail and Aaron) have brought in their best, especially Catherine in most parts. It seems to be natural most of the time but yet, faints of over acting are also evident and shown.An obsessed chef finds a new beginning when she has to take care of her sister's daughter. She then gets to meet an interesting colleague who tears apart her thoughts and sets in a romantic feeling that she was unaware of for a very long time.The end is predictable but on the whole it is definitely worth to watch it once. When two important things such as love and food come together, the mix is definitely magical and yes it feels good!!