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So, I finally got the chance to watch Chef and see what the big deal about it was and why it was rated an 88% on Rotton Tomatoes.
In brief, Chef is a movie about a guy with a passion for cooking. After going through the motions as a chef in an establishment, he gets the chance to start his own food truck business where he can cook as he pleases.
My thoughts
I thought it was a good movie. Not 88% percent, but I mean, not bad. It was as it portrays itself - just a really solid feel-good movie. And you can't really hate on a feel-good movie....
One thing I liked about it was that it included different layers of his life and played them all out very evenly. For example, there was that layer on family. We see this awkward struggle of his as a divorced father who is trying to keep the relationship with his son going but doesn't really know how.
Then there's that professional level, and they built out that struggle of working under someone and feeling like you're being held back. I felt for him and his difficulties working, even when you're doing something you love and something you're good at, but not in the way you want to do it. He just wanted to be free. I feel you, brother.
The movie is better if you don't think about how unrealistic some aspects are. Like how he got such a hot and rich ex-wife..... and then got her back so easily, or how easy it was for him to come across the money to start this business. I could keep on going but the point is, don't think about it. Just accept you're supposed to feel good about this!
At the end, he's just such a happy fellow, having reconciled all the loves in his life that you really can't help but also feel happy for him. And if your heart is cold and none of that did it for you, they also incorporate shots of making food - just beautiful, beautiful food.
So, I finally got the chance to watch Chef and see what the big deal about it was and why it was rated an 88% on Rotton Tomatoes.
In brief, Chef is a movie about a guy with a passion for cooking. After going through the motions as a chef in an establishment, he gets the chance to start his own food truck business where he can cook as he pleases.
My thoughts
I thought it was a good movie. Not 88% percent, but I mean, not bad. It was as it portrays itself - just a really solid feel-good movie. And you can't really hate on a feel-good movie....
One thing I liked about it was that it included different layers of his life and played them all out very evenly. For example, there was that layer on family. We see this awkward struggle of his as a divorced father who is trying to keep the relationship with his son going but doesn't really know how.
Then there's that professional level, and they built out that struggle of working under someone and feeling like you're being held back. I felt for him and his difficulties working, even when you're doing something you love and something you're good at, but not in the way you want to do it. He just wanted to be free. I feel you, brother.
The movie is better if you don't think about how unrealistic some aspects are. Like how he got such a hot and rich ex-wife..... and then got her back so easily, or how easy it was for him to come across the money to start this business. I could keep on going but the point is, don't think about it. Just accept you're supposed to feel good about this!
At the end, he's just such a happy fellow, having reconciled all the loves in his life that you really can't help but also feel happy for him. And if your heart is cold and none of that did it for you, they also incorporate shots of making food - just beautiful, beautiful food.