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 enlarge | Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Catherine Zeta-jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Jenny Wade
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 180
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD113907D
UPC: 085391139072
EAN: 0085391139072
ASIN: B00005JPSM
Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2007
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Chef gets a life August 23, 2008
Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas)
Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an uptight chef who is totally in charge of the kitchen where she works. She thinks that her life is tightly controlled, yet she is in therapy. Add one orphaned niece and a free-spirited, opera-loving sous chef and suddenly her life changes drastically. This is a pleasant movie--light and entertaining--but nothing you can't predict shortly after these two characters are introduced. The high points are the kitchen scenes and Abigail Breslin playing the part of the niece like the old soul that she is.
 This is NOT a romantic comedy August 21, 2008
The Bus (NC, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like my title says, NOT a romantic comedy. It is boring. Very boring. It is an interesting story but falls far short of even the most basic expectations. This is a drama at best with maybe a couple of light moments. There is nothing in this movie that is funny and not even anything that will make you smile.
Just okay... August 18, 2008
nodice (Manchester, Ga United States)
I have to agree with the other reviewers on this. The plot is wholly predictable though well acted. It hardly qualifies as a romantic comedy because it simply isn't funny. Kate's character arch does allow her to let people in, but I'm not sure how she got so closed off-especially since her sister seemed quite the opposite. There was no real obstacle keeping these two from each other and what paper thin conflict they did have is resolved rather effortlessly.
Terribly Unrealistic Remake of an Excellent Original August 17, 2008
Robert E Jones (Seattle, WA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If a person had never before been to New York City, or to the United States, that person watching this movie could be forgiven for believing:
- New York City's street noises never invade any buildings
- All chefs live in $20 million apartments
- There are no people of color in New York City's Greenwich Village
- All restaurant kitchens are absolutely, impeccably sterile, roomy, and orderly.
I had seen the film Mostly Martha, coincidentally, less than one month before buying this movie. I didn't realize this movie is a remake--almost on a word-for-word basis--of that wonderful German film. But the American version, set on Manhattan, just doesn't ring true. There are three people of color in this entire movie: A school principal and two restaurant workers (there were perhaps three or four times as many non-White people in the German original). Even the shoppers in the background, walking the sidewalks of NYC's Village, are impeccably dressed Caucasians.
Abigail Breslin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Aaron Eckhart have all proven--in different vehicles--that they can act very well. None of them does so here. The performances are bland and unworthy of any viewer engagement.
Instead of this movie, please see the original film upon which it was based: Mostly Martha was excellent, featured wonderful performances, and--in wealthy Germany--the preponderance of wealthy, well-dressed White people rings much more true.
Never trust the re-make August 2, 2008
G. Ferniany (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is based on a german film named "Bella Martha" which is actually one of my favorite movies. I couldn't even get through this one because it was so horrible in comparison.
The plot is basically the same - a control obsessed chef is burdened with her dead sister's daughter, and a new hire is making the moves on her. The characters have a lot more depth, though, and the cinematography is perfect with the different moods of the movie. If you were tempted at all by the plot of "No Reservations" go rent "Bella Martha" instead. Mostly Martha
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