Boiling Point
Saban Films | Release Date: November 19, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 18, 2021
The nimble, naturalistic performers are uniformly terrific. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthNov 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
80
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeJan 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
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJan 7, 2022
Taking place in an upmarket east London restaurant on a busy night during the Christmas season, the film gives a real sense of the frantic stress that underlies such operations. The lack of cuts presses home the real-time scenario and allows no escape from the hurtling momentum. Read full review
80
Little White LiesJack KingJan 6, 2022
Formally, the film seldom takes its foot off the gas. Read full review
80
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJan 6, 2022
The film is always on the move, and yet somehow oppressively claustrophobic, as the tension gradually builds to the point of no return suggested by its title. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyJan 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
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievNov 22, 2021
This is one intensely-flavored meal that begs to be swallowed in a single bite. Compliments to the chef. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 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
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenJan 7, 2022
A fast-paced and hectic kitchen thriller that, though it tries to spin a few too many plates, pulls you deep into a fascinating, detailed world most of us know little about. Read full review
60
Screen DailySep 5, 2021
To the credit of all concerned, however the one-take approach feels appropriate and organic, rather than gimmicky or stunt-like. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 5, 2021
The explosively potent Graham does deliver a colossal, intimate ending, acted with complete and affecting sincerity. He has presence, potency and force. Read full review
50
TheWrapRobert AbeleNov 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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