The Hundred-Foot Journey - 13/09/2014
When we went to watch Chef, I learnt a valuable lesson; if you are going to the cinema to watch a film which the main focus is food....eat before!100ft Journey sees Om Puri's family trekking across Europe to find the perfect restaurant location to open the "Maison Mumbai" helmed by his son, Hassan, who is a culinary guru. Just 100ft across the street is a Michelin star restaurant ran by the ever changing accent of Helen Mirren that previously has had no equal.
100ft Journey is an easy to watch film, but it does drag it's feet a little in the middle. It does exactly what it says on the tin and is an unoriginal, predictable story. Saying that though, I did enjoy it.
Helen Mirren's chefs are not interviewed but simply have to cook an omelette for her. If she likes it from the first taste then the chef is hired. The morning after I was inspired and cooking omelettes for my lovely wife, she approved!
Om Puri steals every scene he is in and is fabulous to watch, his son Hassan is believable as the Michelin seeking chef. Helen Mirren's accent, as previously mentioned, is all over the place and I am sure she started speaking Welsh at one point. The love interest is played well.
If you fancy a brain off, easy to watch film then 100ft Journey could be on the list, just make sure you order in a curry or frogs legs before hand.
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