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Chef (2014)
Food Porn, At Its Finest
I walked into my local AMC with the intention of seeing Chef, per a friend's recommendation, and expected to see a decent midlife-crisis comedy with some good food sprinkled in between. And that's more or less what I got-- which I'd say is a good thing.
Without giving away too much, Chef is a film about a chef (surprising, I know) trying to find a healthy balance between his work, his passion for cooking, and caring for his family. The story is admittedly not the most thought-provoking or insightful script in the world, but expecting so from this film would ruin the heartwarming experience that Chef attempts to convey and succeeds at. Following Carl Casper's changing life and relating to his struggles as a common working American man is the experience that Chef is, and the simplicity of the film's story only helps to convey it better.