Chef

Tali: Chef tells the story of, well, a chef (played by Jon Favreau), who after a very public meltdown, buys a food truck and travels across America with his young son and trusty Latin-American sidekick to find himself. This was a fairly typical, feel-good Friday night movie. Nothing controversial, no explosions, no ridiculous love-story… just a ton of food porn. I felt that Favreau's character was a little self-ritcheous (and at times a huge baby), but the little boy was adorable and the whole thing was "feel good" enough that it got a pass. 78/100.

Leo: This movie really really played to my interests in terms of style, casting, and subject matter. Jon Favreau sometimes seems as if he's making movies just for me. It made me want to just drop what I'm doing and travel the world in a food truck making just "good food". There was no curve-balls or anything in the plot, I mean it was simply a feel-good rough beginning happy ending type of comedy, but honestly I haven't seen a good one of these types of movies in a while so it was sort of refreshing. The scene with Robert Downey Jr. was perfectly hilarious; they obviously have their Iron Man chemistry still intact and it really showed. Scarlett Johansson is really showing herself to be a versatile actress and has hopefully shaken off the "too pretty to be a good actress" stigma that somehow was somehow attached to her. The scenes in the truck were also a lot of fun, particularly the sexual healing sing-a-long and the corn starch balls. Very funny, made me hungry, and got the message through. I need to find a good Cuban sandwich place in Winnipeg...Leometer: 85/100.