Chef

Starting from scratch never tasted so good.


Chef
After an ambitious and frustrated chef loses his restaurant job, he starts up a food truck as a means for expressing his creativity without constraints, and uses the opportunity to work on getting his estranged family back together again.

115 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Drug abuse).
Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Just a touch of roadkill...
Just a touch of roadkill...

Credits

Cast
Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara
Director
Jon Favreau
ScreenplayJon Favreau
CinematographyKramer Morgenthau
EditingRobert Leighton
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2014
Produced byAldamisa Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageFrequent and moderate
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
1
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
0
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
3
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
15 +
Positive messages
4
Positive role models
3
Violence
1
Sex
2
Language
4
Consumerism
3
Drinking, drugs, smoking
3

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconFull of flavour, but it's not nouvelle cuisine
10
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople quote iconTe min kokke bederf dié pot
2
Cape Times
John DeFore quote iconNot quite cooking
10
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconChef is deliciously entertaining, comic, touching and often bitingly true, since Favreau is happily allergic to jokes without a character base.
18
Metacritic.com
36 critics
14
Rottentomatoes critics
151 critics
14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconChef's charming cast and sharp, funny script add enough spice to make this feel-good comedy a flavorful -- if familiar -- treat.
18
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
14
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation
15

What the People say

Internet
13045 Netizens quote iconNot as good as you might expect!
15

Average .. 65%

13

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