American Cuisine

1998 [FRENCH]

Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 977 977

Director

Jean-Yves Pitoun Photo
Jean-Yves Pitoun

Top cast

Suzanne Shepherd Photo
Suzanne Shepherd as Martha
Jason Lee Photo
Jason Lee as Loren Collins
Heather Matarazzo Photo
Heather Matarazzo as Kerry
Alban Lenoir Photo
Alban Lenoir as Figurant
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810.94 MB
1280*694
French 2.0
NR
fr  
25 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds ...
1.47 GB
1920*1042
French 2.0
NR
fr  
25 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by monalysa 7 / 10

A simple treat

I happened to catch this movie on French TV one night. It may not be perfect, but as an American living in France, I found that it really captured a lot of the feel of loving another culture, and trying to adapt to it, hard as that can be. I thought it was awesome that everyone spoke French and English - no dubbing, no voice-overs, no copping out and relying on subtitles. Props to them all. No, this is not a movie that's going to make the IMDb 250, but if you like cooking, France, travel, or just connecting with people (not to mention the thought of a bilingual Jason Lee), this is definitely a treat worth tasting.
Reviewed by Cindy-39 6 / 10

could have been so much better

'American Cuisine' tries to do for French cuisine what 'Big Night' did for Italian cuisine and 'Eat Drink Man Woman' did for Chinese cuisine, but it lacks what those two films had - a plot. The movie is about a young American chef named Loren who goes to France to work in the kitchen of his idol, the famous Louis Boyer. It is meant to be a fast paced romp, but ends up a mess as new plot devices are thrown in every other minute. For example, Loren goes from being the slowest chef in the restaurant to taking charge of the operation when Louis Boyer goes mad. That is another implausability -- Boyer is eccentric at best, but certainly not crazy enough to shut down his restaurant or tear apart his family. No matter though. The movie's purpose was to show off the excitement of French culinary art, and it does that well. Plus, the performances by Eddy Mitchell as Chef Boyer, Irene Jacob as his daughter, and Isabelle Petit-Jacques as the nerve-wracked partner of the restaurant (was she also Boyer's wife?) are very charming. Jason Lee, on the other hand, seems to have been miscast. His performance was a bit amateurish. Still, the movie is worth a watch if only to see the food.
Reviewed by btbsite 6 / 10

Movie in an identity crisis

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