Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This is Sarah Michelle Gellar's best movie! Unpretentious, genuine young lady battling the reality of small business and about to see her whole world go down the kitchen drain when she is saved by wonder.And that is what this story is about wonder.. and food.For me the details are everything. The plot is simple and that is probably what disturbs a number of the reviewers.. but they admit it themselves.. and they can't put their finger on it. Here we finally have a story where everything suddenly goes right. And wouldn't you like that to happen to you at least once! The movie has name players but not A-listers. The story features a great deal to do with savouring the taste of food, and who would go to see a movie based on food? Yet.. there are few pictures I enjoy more than this one. I am not a SMG fan, but in this motion picture Sarah is absolutely perfectly cast. It is her 13 Going On 30 role!

This movie turned out to be better than I expected it would be. It comprises two plot ideas borrowed from other stories: one is from an old Twilight Zone episode where a man named Fate steps in to assist a downtrodden man; the second is Like Water from Chocolate, where the very emotions of the cook preparing the food are ingrained as a "secret ingredient" of a heavenly tasting delicacy.Sarah Michelle Gellar is a mediocre cook, and the restaurant she inherited from her mother is suffering the consequences. One day a mysterious man sells her some crabs, one of which has some amazing properties. The crab causes her to meet an eligible bachelor, but that's only the beginning. Suddenly her cooking is top quality, the restaurant flourishes, and her magical pastries are in demand.There are some clever bits, but some events are predictable for this kind of story. The guy Gellar likes is already seeing some girl and she's a jerk, while he's a Don Juan guy who needs to grow up. Some other characters start off paper thin, but most of them do grow as the story moves on. It seemed kind of weird how everybody accepted the magical element of the food without any reservation, but overall the the fantasy elements of this movie are served up pretty well. There are minor flaws in execution, but this is overall a good romantic story, great for a date flick.

This is the most incredible movie. I can't quite describe it without spoiling it. I didn't expect to like or even love this movie, but it has come to being one of my favorites for its "magical" quality of showing how scared people are to actually feel what they only dream of.The basic story is of a girl trying to save her mother's business. She has some help from an unlikely source: herself. There is of course a love story involved, but mostly it is about Amanda finding out who she is and admitting to herself that she is talented. Sarah Michelle Gellar is great in this movie! This character is completely different from that of Buffy or that of in Cruel Intentions. This movies is also full of some funny lines, like, "Amanda. You must make all the women love me and all the men give me their wallets." Because, how many people would want that with magical powers? It's all in good fun and this flick can't be taken seriously. Hope you enjoy.

This movie had a terrible plot, bad camera work and horrible production design. BUT having said that, the main actor (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Did a spectacular job of being able to pull off a remarkable performance in the worst case scenario of movie making. She was able to sustain her reputation in the entertainment industry and did not let this movie become an undoing of her professional career merely just an experience which she has learned from. The Director and Producers were seriously wrong for thinking they could pull of a movie with such a little attention and compassion for it. If they took the time to edit the script re shoot a few scenes especially the final dinner scene with the fog (i mean that was cheap), and worked on the sets, this movie could have been great. But as it is, the only thing that was good about this film was the performance of the main actor Sarah Michelle Gellar, and if she wasn't in it, this movie could be named worst movie ever in 1999.