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The Most-Tacted-On Ending Ever

posted 9 years ago by Legendary_Badass
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SPOILERS (duh)

I did enjoy Chef, 8/10, but I hated the ending.

Not only does the protagonist make sudden amends with his nemesis critic, becomes business partners with him essentially abandoning the truck, and gets re-married.

I can handle some of that, particularly the re-marrying portion. Am I the only one disappointed by the sudden and radical changes in characters? Did you too want Carl to tell him off and expand the truck business? By going back to the restaurant formula Carl's growth is muted. He's once again an owner's lapdog.

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[–] Geeky Randy 9 years ago

I don't need to be spoon fed in order to know why they rekindled. The beginning and middle were pretty well-established for me to figure out the ending.

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[–] cadenbt 9 years ago

A truck guy getting his own restaurant within a year seems pretty unlikely, though.

[–] Geeky Randy 9 years ago

by cadenbt » 2 days ago (Wed Feb 11 2015 18:59:55)
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A truck guy getting his own restaurant within a year seems pretty unlikely, though.

They established he was a pretty notable chef, no less backed by a very significant multi-millionaire blogger. I'm sure far weirder stuff has happened in real life. Suspension of disbelief, y'all.

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[–] whoanelly (1558) 3 years ago

Well he did have a Michelin star.

[–] willard86 9 years ago

I was a bit confused by the rushed ending. Thanks for summarizing. I thought the critic was offering him a spot for the truck, and saying he would back him financially by setting up food venues and coming to wherever the truck happened to be (while providing a permanent spot for it).

Then suddenly, the truck was no more... and I honestly thought Chef was catering some random wedding. That it was his remarriage seems a bit glossed over as far as narrative, but they did hint earlier that it would happen in the scene with the "I love you"s over the phone.

[–] HelloMyNameIsMrBurns 9 years ago

The movie was OK, but it was a terrible *beep* ending. Made no sense for Carl.

[–] StrongCarl 9 years ago

Gotta say it, of course. "tacked-on", not "tacted-on". It's put on with a tack.

[–] nmitrione (293) 6 years ago

I don't agree the he will be the owner's laptop. The Critic told him that Carl could call the shots, plan all the meals, etc.

[–] ThrillerTalk (1118) 4 years ago

I don't see the problem. The name of the movie is Chef. Not Food Truck Chef. The truck had eventually served it's purpose in getting the main character all the confidence and followers to get him to the point that he could be back in a bigger establishment. I thought the ending was fantastic.

[–] Ace_Spade (9347) 3 years ago

I thought that a longer scene between Carl and the critic, or maybe a couple scenes, would have helped. Maybe somewhere halfway through the movie they could have had the realizations that Carl was trying to PM him, not start a war, and where the critic didn't think that the war was a big deal. If they slowly worked towards reconciliation, that would make more sense. But I didn't really mind it.

I think the reason I liked the make-up scene was because of Carl's expressing himself about how hard people like him work and how it really hurts when somebody just writes a dismissive review. It really felt honest, and I'm guessing that Favreau was maybe drawing on something he'd like to express to film critics...