Boring

As Good As It Gets

Blistering performances.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The main issue for me with this film was it was not believable in many respects. Firstly, the main character was totally uninterested in learning to cook his traditional cuisine, and we didn't see any training, progress or metamorphosis take place (there were only 2 scenes with him reluctantly learning from the cab driver but he mostly opposed/scolded him) and then magically he becomes a connoisseur of Indian cuisine just because a hundred people show up to the restaurant? I would have liked to see him learn from the master, and become skilled at cooking. We don't actually see him trying to cook at all in the whole movie and suddenly he's a genius with no training? He had no idea about cooking Indian food and the movie didn't show that he learned how to do so at any point. The focus was on the cab driver and the amazing food he created but then he just disappeared from the movie at the crucial moment when word got out about the restaurant and before we were really convinced as viewers that Samir learned anything from him. I also didn't buy the fact that a chef with a father who owns a restaurant has zero interest in the family restaurant or in his own cuisine. He said himself the first thing he learned to make were samosas but at the same time he was totally clueless and uninterested in Indian cuisine. You would think someone who is interested in food and cooking would be around the kitchen and especially if his father owns a restaurant, around the restaurant and watching/learning and mastering his own cuisine first. Basically, I didn't buy the main character as a chef at all because surely a chef would take some interest in his own traditional cuisine if his father owns a restaurant! Other than that, it was a pleasant enough movie but I didn't buy the story at all, and didn't feel the character bothered to grow or change throughout. It was just an instant transformation at the end where a room full of people who came to eat the cab driver's food were suddenly applauding Samir's food that he had no prior experience of making! The cab driver was a great character but I think there should have been more focus on Samir becoming an amazing Indian chef throughout the movie, then the conclusion would have had much more of an impact.

This is a very good movie, although I do not understand why it is rated R. What I liked in this movie is that he shown himself to become a better chef through his culture. Towards the ending, I liked how his parents accepted his own sous chef because usually many Indian parents do not allow out of culture/race relationship with the opposite gender. I find this movie to be very inspirational because he has started off as a good chef, then things turned down with his job, fathers restaurant, parents relationship, and what else is troublesome, but he turned into a great business man, and made his fathers restaurant better. I would like to know what happens towards the end, because I want to find out if he got married and had more kids with his love.

Lighter than light, frothier than froth, sweeter than sweet, with an impressive lack of attention to trivial things like character, continuity, or motivation. This film wasn't written so much as it was constructed out of existing bits and pieces, with any element of surprise or originality clinically excised. On the bright side, it was slickly filmed and lit, with some nice food shots which rescued it from being rated zero stars.I wanted to like this movie. Independent, "small" film, some talented actors, and about a subject I love, all things that would predispose me to forgive minor flaws. Nope, even with that head-start, "Today's Special" made me wish that I had that 2 hours of my life back.It might make a decent date film if you're trying to impress someone who's a bit shallow and slow.

Saw this movie floating around on netflix. I was really bored one night and decided to check out the movie. I was glad I did, its one of those movies that just leaves you in a better mood than when you started: a feel good movie! The acting is good with really likable characters especially the cab driver/cook whose character I just love. I never really was a fan of The Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi. Didn't like the humor or anything too much but he is great in this movie and can actually act. Now fair warning, I liked this movie a lot in part due to my ability to relate/understand the culture behind the story (I am an Indian college student in the USA) and also love the old school Hindi songs in it (hooked me into the movie). The movie is also typical in some of its approach and formula, it isn't anything new or groundbreaking. But nonetheless it is very enjoyable and isn't just restricted to brown people lol. This movie is easy to relate to if you are a first generation foreigner (of any country IMO). It just enhances the movie experience. I'll definitely will be showing this movie to my friends. The movie fits a nice category of movies that isn't very abundant: a great light drama, semi romantic, light comedy. Another movie I would include in that category would be Morning Glory with Rachel McAdams.Bottomline: give this movie a chance and watch it, you won't be disappointed! Extra awesomeness--- Dennis Duffy (30 Rock) is in it (for a bit)! Love me some 30 Rock