My Rating 9/10
I'm no expert on Foreign cinema but I know what I like and I liked Delicious very much .
I just judge any film in any language on my own test.
Just 3 criteria. : Was it well produced and enjoyable to watch ?
Was I interested in the characters and story.?
And were the performances convincing?
And this French film DÉLICIEUX (Delicious) gets a high score in each category from me.
Writer/director Éric Besnard's mouth-watering new historical comedy indelibly pairs Grégory Gadebois and Isabelle Carré as a gifted chef and his unlikely protégé, who must find the resolve to free themselves from servitude.
In 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution.
Very loosely based on true events because as my research informs me in reality, the first restaurant is generally considered to be Le Grande Taverne des Londres in Paris, which opened a handful years before Delicious is set. However it's refreshing to see a delightful film that imaginatively does a flavourful job of marrying an origin story of sorts with its French Revolution-adjacent historical context.
Delicious joins other films that feature gastronomical delights like Chocolat. Babette's Feast , Julie and Julia , Eat Drink Man Woman and No Reservations but it's more than just a foodie movie it's intelligent heart warming and very entertaining.
I'm no expert on Foreign cinema but I know what I like and I liked Delicious very much .
I just judge any film in any language on my own test.
Just 3 criteria. : Was it well produced and enjoyable to watch ?
Was I interested in the characters and story.?
And were the performances convincing?
And this French film DÉLICIEUX (Delicious) gets a high score in each category from me.
Writer/director Éric Besnard's mouth-watering new historical comedy indelibly pairs Grégory Gadebois and Isabelle Carré as a gifted chef and his unlikely protégé, who must find the resolve to free themselves from servitude.
In 1789 France, just prior to the Revolution.
Very loosely based on true events because as my research informs me in reality, the first restaurant is generally considered to be Le Grande Taverne des Londres in Paris, which opened a handful years before Delicious is set. However it's refreshing to see a delightful film that imaginatively does a flavourful job of marrying an origin story of sorts with its French Revolution-adjacent historical context.
Delicious joins other films that feature gastronomical delights like Chocolat. Babette's Feast , Julie and Julia , Eat Drink Man Woman and No Reservations but it's more than just a foodie movie it's intelligent heart warming and very entertaining.