2014 · comedy · music
Chef
Directed by Jon Favreau1h 54m2014
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
Our read: Chef (2014) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · music entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / music, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
- funny
Watching Chef tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Chef feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a feel-good food-truck road trip about creative second chances.”
Skip it tonight — You are hungry and have no snacks — the cooking shots are torture.
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