Directed by : Jon Favreau
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883512/
Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) is a chef at a restaurant but he hardly gets any freedom to cook the best food due to his owner’s regular interference. One critic posts a bad review about his good on internet, Carl asks him to comeby and try his food again but Carl fails to do so due to getting sacked from his job. His ex wife takes him to Miami and convinces him to start food truck across the place serving quality food of his own choice. How Carl gets famous, with help from his son Percy (Emjay Anthony) and a loyal friend Tony (Bobby Cannavale)..
The relation between Carl and Percy is the major USP of the movie, they share some lovely moments. Percy asking for more time with Carl, and to be there in his kitchen of restaurant, great humor by Carl in the way he denies. Love how Percy teaches his dad how to make account on twitter. And then a rofl moment when Carl mistakenly sends reply to that critic thinking it is private message.
How Percy is made to work at Carl’s food truck which he doesn’t enjoy initially but when Carl shows concern and advice, Percy shows how good a helper he is along with his tech savvy posts on twitter regarding truck.
If there’s one relation that isn’t shown in final half n hour then its between Carl and Molly (Scarlett Johannsson), who just disappears ever since Carl sets up his own truck. I was happy though that they didnt get into Carl trying to get back to his ex-wife drama plot.
The movie always has two main points along which it continues till end, one is Carl’s professional life where he wants to be a famous chef who can creatively put his inputs into food without being ruled over, and other is Carl’s relation with his son who wasn’t getting enough time to spend with his dad.
And Jon as a director does exceedingly well in covering both these parts, with well placed humor and keeping emotional moments to a minimum.
The final end to movie though was slightly abrupt to me, felt like it ended just too suddenly.
Very good performances by Jon Favreau and Emjay Anthony. Wanted more of Scarlett, while Robert Downey Jr appears in a one scene special appearance.
Overall, Chef was a delightful film to watch for Carl-Percy father-son relationship, good humorous witty dialogues and all the varieties of food we see cooked in film. Good thing for me, I went to see movie after having taken lunch, else its a movie that will make you so much hungry.
Verdict : 3/5
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883512/
Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) is a chef at a restaurant but he hardly gets any freedom to cook the best food due to his owner’s regular interference. One critic posts a bad review about his good on internet, Carl asks him to comeby and try his food again but Carl fails to do so due to getting sacked from his job. His ex wife takes him to Miami and convinces him to start food truck across the place serving quality food of his own choice. How Carl gets famous, with help from his son Percy (Emjay Anthony) and a loyal friend Tony (Bobby Cannavale)..
The relation between Carl and Percy is the major USP of the movie, they share some lovely moments. Percy asking for more time with Carl, and to be there in his kitchen of restaurant, great humor by Carl in the way he denies. Love how Percy teaches his dad how to make account on twitter. And then a rofl moment when Carl mistakenly sends reply to that critic thinking it is private message.
How Percy is made to work at Carl’s food truck which he doesn’t enjoy initially but when Carl shows concern and advice, Percy shows how good a helper he is along with his tech savvy posts on twitter regarding truck.
If there’s one relation that isn’t shown in final half n hour then its between Carl and Molly (Scarlett Johannsson), who just disappears ever since Carl sets up his own truck. I was happy though that they didnt get into Carl trying to get back to his ex-wife drama plot.
The movie always has two main points along which it continues till end, one is Carl’s professional life where he wants to be a famous chef who can creatively put his inputs into food without being ruled over, and other is Carl’s relation with his son who wasn’t getting enough time to spend with his dad.
And Jon as a director does exceedingly well in covering both these parts, with well placed humor and keeping emotional moments to a minimum.
The final end to movie though was slightly abrupt to me, felt like it ended just too suddenly.
Very good performances by Jon Favreau and Emjay Anthony. Wanted more of Scarlett, while Robert Downey Jr appears in a one scene special appearance.
Overall, Chef was a delightful film to watch for Carl-Percy father-son relationship, good humorous witty dialogues and all the varieties of food we see cooked in film. Good thing for me, I went to see movie after having taken lunch, else its a movie that will make you so much hungry.
Verdict : 3/5
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