It is a performances centric movie

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

When will it end. It's been going for almost 6 months

I've watched this since it started years ago. At first there were reasonably minor dramas but the cooking was the star. As the years went on it went down hill to the point that there are dramas every night. The contestants are voting strategically and throughout the dramas the judges do.......nothing. Are they actually there when they yell and call each other names? I can only guess that the contestants are selected for drama value and b****iness. How disappointing. Every night someone threatens to leave, how did this ever become entertaining? It isn't. Get rid of the narrator for a start, his voice is aggravating and makes me cringe every time I hear him. The music started at the beginning show casing the latest music and really added to the value of the production. This season (7) it's just silly and dramatic. I love cooking shows and hold Masterchef Australia up as the level all cooking shows should aim for. Maybe the producers and writers should watch that and see why it is the top cooking show on TV right now. No dramas, no stupidity and no idiot narrators. Great way to show Australians in their natural habitat I guess. And it's a 4 from me.

Paleo Pete is no doctor. Manu is no show writer, the same with my France supposedly cooking show, ever since no one said anything last week when seafood king swore at another, I can't even watch, you've created a show that's high drama and less about cooking further which is why Pete still on the show...jump ship to a great show like Masterchef 2017...

I like this show.I like pretty much any TV show that deals with food. The only "reality" shows I watch are the ones revolving around food. Why? I'm interested in food. I own a bookshelf full of cookbooks. While I find cooking shows more informative than the reality food competitions I still find them interesting because I get cooking ideas from them all. So maybe it's rigged, I like trying to figure out what I would do with x ingredient and x set of rules if I were that person. It is the same for me with Chopped, Masterchef, Top Chef, Come Dine with Me, etc.I also like the accents and the travel aspect of the show. It tours around Australia and now also New Zealand and lets you enjoy some pretty wonderful scenery and even if it IS scripted I am sure the script is at least loosely based on their actual personal lives. Other shows are completely scripted because they are complete fiction. Do we say "I won't watch Elementary, or Backstrom, or X-Files because the whole thing is fixed? It might not be quite as entertaining as watching Julia Child cook a chicken, but I like it and am waiting eagerly for season 6 to appear on Gusto!