andychrist27

My surprise of the year was seeing this movie being on screens for like a week here in Tallinn, Estonia, in one of our popcorn multiplex cinemas which usually only shows mainstream big budget Hollywood stuff ... no idea how it got into the program there. Judging by the amount of votes here on IMDB it was barely screened in USA.

It was actually a really good movie too!

If Tsai Ming-liang was a Mexican, 30 years younger and had no clue what he was doing then he might come up with something like this instead of Vive L'Amour.

It tries to be ambitious and original but the script isn't polished enough and it lacks real narrative or engaging characters.

I was close to walking out in the middle but I'm happy I stayed until the end as the movie redeemed itself somewhat with the final 5 minutes.

I'm not much of a meat eater but this is one well-done movie (pun intended). I was sort of expecting a film about U.S. steak snobs and new cooking techniques but in fact it is a surprisingly informative and passionate documentary about cow breeds, breeders and butchers in many different parts of the world. It starts from France and covers the growing concern of local butchers that French beef isn't really matching up to high global standards (due to lower fat content). From there on it moves to many other countries such as USA, Argentina, England and Scotland with their old breeds, Japan and wagyu beef growers in other parts of the world...until it reaches Spain where the authors believe to have found the best steak in the world. The strange numbering of the parts is I believe the rating authors gave to the best steaks they tasted.