Boiling Point

Name: Boiling Point
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: November 19, 2021
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Áine Rose Daly, Alice Feetham, Hannah Walters, Izuka Hoyle, Jason Flemyng

2021

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Saban Films | Release Date: November 19, 2021 | R

Starring: Áine Rose Daly, Alice Feetham, Hannah Walters, Izuka Hoyle, Jason Flemyng, Lauryn Ajufo, Lourdes Faberes, Malachi Kirby, Ray Panthaki, Stephen Graham, Taz Skylar, Vinette Robinson

Summary: On the busiest night of the year at one of the hottest restaurants in London, the charismatic, commanding head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) balances along a knife's edge as multiple personal & professional crises threaten to destroy everything he's worked for. A surprise visit from a health & safety inspector sets the staff on edge asOn the busiest night of the year at one of the hottest restaurants in London, the charismatic, commanding head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) balances along a knife's edge as multiple personal & professional crises threaten to destroy everything he's worked for. A surprise visit from a health & safety inspector sets the staff on edge as the overbooked hotspot begins to fill with guests. Jones alternately berates and cajoles his diverse staff, trying his best to diffuse tensions between management and his crew, while catering to the ridiculous demands of customers.… Expand

Director: Philip Barantini

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Gary Goldstein

Nov 18, 2021

The nimble, naturalistic performers are uniformly terrific. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Nov 17, 2021

Boiling Point is a temperature-raising restaurant drama whose heightening series of personal and professional stakes will immediately plunge you into a flop sweat. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Nov 22, 2021

This is one intensely-flavored meal that begs to be swallowed in a single bite. Compliments to the chef. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Sep 5, 2021

There’s a barreling momentum to the filmmaking that feels true to the cut and thrust of restaurant life, regardless of the script’s digressions. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jan 6, 2022

Boiling Point grips remorselessly while it’s spinning all these plates, and somehow ladles onto them a smorgasbord of great, frazzled acting from all concerned. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Mark Kermode

Jan 9, 2022

The result is a spicy nerve-jangler served with a chargrilled side order of jet-black gallows humour – a divine comedy barrelling towards inevitable tragedy, played out in hell’s kitchen where someone is bound to get burned. Read full review

Robert Abele

Nov 18, 2021

Graham, Robinson, and Barantini’s thematic concerns about how restaurants work are strong enough ingredients. It’s too bad they’ve been subjected to the one-note flavoring of a single-take movie. Read full review

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r96sk

Jan 13, 2023

'Boiling Point' is fab. Stephen Graham is excellent throughout, he has shown his quality as an actor to me many times down the years in different productions and this is no different - great actor. Cool to see him reunite with Alice Feetham onscreen, those two are good in TV's 'Save Me'. The'Boiling Point' is fab. Stephen Graham is excellent throughout, he has shown his quality as an actor to me many times down the years in different productions and this is no different - great actor. Cool to see him reunite with Alice Feetham onscreen, those two are good in TV's 'Save Me'. The rest of the cast are strong, including Vinette Robinson and Jason Flemyng.

You can tell the dialogue is largely improvised, it feels a little unnatural in one or two moments but for the vast majority it comes across as real. The fact it was shot in one take also makes it all the more riveting. The film does a very fine job at showing the heat of the kitchen, literally. There are a few predictable bits (tables 7, 13), but also some scenes (Jamie) that are the opposite.

All in all, it's very well made and highly watchable. I'd recommend it, for sure.… Expand

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Rebecca31

Feb 21, 2022

Boiling Point is 1 hour and 30 minutes of pure, relentless stress. Head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) arrives to his swanky London restaurant just before it’s due to open. He is desperately trying to keep a handle on both his personal life and work related stresses during one of theBoiling Point is 1 hour and 30 minutes of pure, relentless stress. Head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) arrives to his swanky London restaurant just before it’s due to open. He is desperately trying to keep a handle on both his personal life and work related stresses during one of the busiest nights of the year. Between the surprise visit from a health inspector, tensions between front of house and kitchen staff and some unruly customers (everyone hates influencers for a reason) Andy is reaching his limit.

Boiling Point is certainly a film true to its title. The look of a film shot entirely in one take adds to the feeling of mounting pressure and a sense of characters reaching their own limits and boiling over in the hot and fiery kitchen. The fluid camera motion as it drifts between different groups of people in the bustling restaurant definitely added to the sense of impending disaster. It looked very impressive and I can only imagine all the planning that went into this to ensure the entire film could be shot in one take. Not an easy way to make a film but the results speak for themselves. I know the single shot style of filming making annoys some people but in certain films it works very well and Boiling Point is a perfect example.

As someone who has never worked in a restaurant I can’t imagine surviving one night as I could barely manage the stress of the film. Stephen Graham was the perfect choice for this role surrounded by a great supporting cast. You feel the frantic chaos from everyone as if you’re sitting right there in the middle of it. A truly immersive experience, highly recommended.… Expand

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MetacriticOnur

Mar 23, 2022

excellent
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adjective
possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good.

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JLuis_001

Dec 17, 2021

I wasn't a fan of the way this movie was shot, but I actually liked it a lot.

It was as intense in a work environment as a restaurant kitchen is, in the same way that Uncut Gems was for developing stress.
That's just a simple comparison of mine. But I've gotta tell you, this is a good film.

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 14, 2022

Despite a tendency to rely a little too heavily on the principles behind Murphy's Law, director Philip Barantini's second feature -- filmed as one long continuous shot -- presents a gripping, eye-opening, sometimes-maddening look inside the workings of a high-end London restaurant on one ofDespite a tendency to rely a little too heavily on the principles behind Murphy's Law, director Philip Barantini's second feature -- filmed as one long continuous shot -- presents a gripping, eye-opening, sometimes-maddening look inside the workings of a high-end London restaurant on one of the busiest nights of the holiday season. Between the critical assessments of a persnickety health and food safety inspector, the nitpicking complaints of overly critical customers, staff who have trouble abiding by the rules and the insistent prodding of an impatient creditor looking for reimbursement of his investment, Chef Andy Jones has trouble keeping it all together as he works through a growing series of minor and major crises, reaching his own personal boiling point as issues continually compound, making the working environment of his brainchild a nightmare come to life. While there are some incidental moments that probably could have been trimmed and some occasional sound quality issues, the narrative is otherwise solidly held together by its impressive camera work and stellar ensemble cast of colorful characters, most notably the performance of BAFTA Award nominee Stephen Graham as the edgy, troubled protagonist. The realistic treatment of the film's subject matter often prompts gasps among viewers, giving pause to anyone considering the launch of his or her own business (especially a restaurant). As it painstakingly sizzles toward a stunning conclusion, the temperature gets turned up on all concerned -- including what is bound to be its ever-anxious audience.… Expand

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bumbaclad

Jun 25, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ever wanted to feel like you worked an entire shift at a restaurant in an hour and a half? This movie recreates that feeling perfectly and there's a shyamalan twist at the end.

*vvv*SPOILER*vvv*

The shyamalan twist is the bottle of water, that he drinks out of the whole movie, was vodka the whole time!… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Mar 26, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
Alcoholic, cocaine addict, separated from his wife, in debt, latecomer, sleepless, fresh from move: all the imaginable bad luck. Starting from these premises, things could only end badly for him regardless of the type of work. So the now worn-out location of the restaurant is(Mauro Lanari)
Alcoholic, cocaine addict, separated from his wife, in debt, latecomer, sleepless, fresh from move: all the imaginable bad luck. Starting from these premises, things could only end badly for him regardless of the type of work. So the now worn-out location of the restaurant is completely superfluous. Authors like Ozu, Bresson, the Tati of "Playtime" ['67] would have made the breaking/collapse/boiling point more dramatic with the still, static, fixed camera to impotently shot the staging of impotence. Barantini makes the opposite choice: convulsive tale and uninterrupted steadicam for 86 minutes out of 92. Raffaele Meale writes that the director "seems to care more about the rhythm and spatiality to be managed than the psychologies of his characters". "Characters"? Unjustified accumulation of Fantozzian clichés. "There is a sense of dissatisfaction, and also emptiness. An exercise in style, not much more." Tzk: "a reflection on the one-shot film in today's cinema, after Hitchcock, Bazin, Metz" (Alessio Baronci). Wow.… Expand

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