flinchumjenl

What a completely ridiculous movie. The idea that some food critic can walk in off the street and land a job as a sous chef with no resume and no experience is laughable. There's a lot more to being a sous chef than being able to chop frigging vegetables. And what about her "experimental" dishes that she makes all the time? That tells me she knows her way around a kitchen and should already know how chopping works. Dumb, dumb, dumb storyline. Ever watched Hell's Kitchen? That shows the reality of what it's like to work in a kitchen. You don't just wander into a dinner service with no experience.

Lots of Chicago shots but obviously filmed in Canada. The lead character is so smug and full of herself, definitely not likeable. She is a food expert but can't slice a tomato. And she somehow knows the secret to the mom's special recipe? Ugh.

The most annoying thing was the use of that same stupid song that has been in countless Hallmark movies. I hear the opening notes of that and want to jam an ice pick through my ear.

It's hard to even know where to begin. I have a seriously healthy disdain for Nicolas Cage, bordering on hatred. I loved him in the 80s and well into the 90s, then he won an Oscar and became a complete turd. Every single movie he does now is so completely over the top that I can't even stand to watch him. This film was nearly unbearable. From his stupid Nicole Kidman looking mask to his even stupider falsetto voice, I loathed every single second he was onscreen. His car tantrums, the "singing" of his lines, that cuckoo dance or whatever. Absolutely despised every bit of it.

The plot was ridiculous and confusing, the writing pretty much the same. Maika Monroe was stiff and boring, the big "twist" was unrealistic. Just a giant, stupid, pile of garbage.

The one star rating is for Blair Underwood. The man hasn't aged in 30 years.