I enjoyed this movie. I thought it was well-done. But the movie seems to completely change into another movie when the son moves away. Perhaps they could have done it better as a parallel story, or just dropped it altogether, and just tried to expand the small town part instead. Overall, still an enjoyable, feel good movie.
The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014
Action / Comedy / Drama
The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014
Action / Comedy / Drama
Plot summary
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
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November 13, 2014 at 05:53 PM
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A feel good film, with a strange change towards the last third or so
love Om Puri
The Kadam family is a family of cooks in Mumbai. They escape political turmoil to London as refugees. However the vegetables there has no soul and they set off to find better ingredients. Their brakes fail near the small town of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val and Papa Kadam sees it as a sign from his dead wife. He insists on buying the abandoned restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren)'s Michelin Star restaurant. His son Hassan falls for Mallory's sous chef Marguerite.
I love Om Puri as the father. I love that the family is embarrassed by his determination. Helen Mirren is fine as this character and I'm glad that she gets some depth later on in the movie. Manish Dayal is good. Charlotte Le Bon is rather bland although she's very pretty. There is a bit of food porn which is good. However director Lasse Hallström may have directed one too many Nicholas Sparks movie because that style and sensibility does infect this slightly. With Om Puri and Helen Mirren leading the way, this is lovely and inoffensive movie.
Not as Good as I Expected
This is certainly a gentle movie. Perhaps it is too gentle. The problem for me is that there is a lot of possible conflict that could have been exploited. The whole issue of cultural tension with Helen Mirrin's character and the Indian patriarch is handled with such kid gloves that it never really allows for any tension. Granted, her chef goes rogue, setting fire to the Indian restaurant, but because she isn't all that villainous to start with (only looking out for herself and filing nuisance complaints) there isn't much gravity in her beginning to see that they can begin to co-exist. The buildup of the young Mumbai chef isn't all that interesting. The resolution is also about as saccharine as it can be. Will he give up world- wide success to go back to his girl? The star of this show is the cinematography. I tried to find where the French scenes were taken. It is a beautiful place, probably at the foot of the Alps. Beyond that, it is a cute movie which never really grabbed my interest.