Kitchen Brigade

2022 [FRENCH]

Comedy / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1463 1.5K

restaurant

Plot summary

Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.

Director

Louis-Julien Petit Photo
Louis-Julien Petit

Top cast

François Cluzet Photo
François Cluzet as Lorenzo Cardi
Charlotte Léo Photo
Charlotte Léo as Anne-Marie
Anaïs Fabre Photo
Anaïs Fabre as Scripte émission 1
Chantal Neuwirth Photo
Chantal Neuwirth as Sabine
720p.BluRay
856.41 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Ignacio-alvarez 6 / 10

Nice but as the French say: "Peut faire mieux".

The story is beautiful and emotional, the characters are sympathetic but the script loses its way, reaching the final scenes without a logical transition. However, it has some great scenes of the cooking classes and the actors are believable for the most part, especially the migrants from the home.Film in the tradition of French films of good feelings and overcoming in a migrants' home, which pick up a lot of situations. It abuses some clichés and does not fully exploit the richness of the characters and their stories, which are glimpsed in the conversations but then remain without continuity.As the French say: "Peut faire mieux".
Reviewed by dwbell 5 / 10

It's time to tell another story

Absolutely charming in parts - like when the students have to 'sell' the dish. However, unfortunately no matter how good the performances are, this boils down to a while savour story and I felt less engaged as the film went on. Imagine if a black actress like Aïssa Maïga had the role of the chef. How different even the same script would have felt. Yes, there was a nod to using the brigade's cultures in the menu (I think) - for example the Proustian dish on the final menu (but what was it?). I thought the phone call with the students mother had possibilities when she mentioned all the spices he/they used. Maybe the menu would at least sprin in their direction, but sadly, no. The actors were charming but it;s time to tell another story.
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