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This movie is a foodie hipster's wet dream


What a terrible let down. 7.5?! Are you kidding me? This movie is garbage, 5/10 at best.

I am honestly sad that I spent 2 hours and 15 minutes watching it. 15 minutes because I had to take a break in the middle and seriously consider what I was doing with my life and the valuable time I have left on this Earth. I am completely serious about this, the movie really made me think... about why I was wasting my time watching it.

It has about 1/10th of the charm, humor, intelligence, and drama that it thinks it has.

99% of the jokes fall completely flat, to call this a Comedy is an insult to the genre. Everything was predictable. The lines and the way the characters acted.... Just garbage.

"I want to cook you an omlet.... With my hands being covered in massive bandages. I just need you to crack the eggs... And actually do everything, because my hands are covered in massive bandages!"

And I reallllly enjoyed their completely realistic portrayal of how food can cure the real problem of racism.

Did the two main characters talk about anything other than food? Yet somehow they fell in love. I suspect they might actually be asexual and be in love with the food...

There was also when the chef came back from banging hundreds of hot French girls in the clubs every weekend, and had sex with the love of his life in the basement of a restaurant. Hours after landing. Real classy.

Do the kids not age?

Let's use candles instead of perfectly good lights! And keep 30 year old telephones around even though they're hideous and work terribly!

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This made me laugh, because it's true. I can't believe this film. Not surprised with Oprah and Spielberg being behind it - I expect this humdrum melodrama from the latter two, but I expected better from Mirren. Oh well.

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What a gross movie while a lot of people in the world are starving. I'd take a packet of Gaviscon if I went to either restaurant.

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