The Hundred-Foot Journey

Tali: The Hundred-Foot Journey tells the story of two competing restaurants - one French classic, the other classic Indian - with a love story sub-plot. Leo and I went to see this with his family--we had never anticipated seeing a film that appeared so bland, despite the potential for some seriously good visuals. In fact, the film can be best summed up by The Wrap's Alonso Duralde: “The Hundred-Foot Journey” is a surprisingly bland slumgullion of food porn and emotional manipulation, filtered through the middlebrow sensibilities.. [...] It delivers the kind of sentimental sledgehammering I found myself willing to forgive — the presence of Helen Mirren goes a long way in that regard — but once the story goes off on a pointless tangent, the whole soufflé collapses. So, if you're not taking your 80 year old baba, stay at home. 50/100.

Leo: I immediately compared this movie to Chef and in that regard it severely lacked the necessary spice (or insert any other cooking pun) to keep it entertaining enough or to get me invested in the characters. The food looked good, but it wasn't focused on the food or what went into the preparation of the food or even what went into the training before the preparation of the food. While cheese was often lacking in the cooking, it was emphasized in the dialogue. That being said, Helen Mirren is always great and the father was also a well-developed and interesting character. It was definitely a feel-good movie and made you want to follow your dreams, and possibly eat some pigeon. Leometer: 55/100.

PS - It's our 100th entry! Woohoo!