Burnt

Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: October 30, 2015

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 111 Ratings

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Rebecca31Nov 8, 2015

Anyone remember wanting a movie about an angry chef starring Bradley Cooper? Anyone ask for this? No? Didn't think so but here we are anyway. Cooper stars as Adam Jones a disgraced chef trying set up a restaurant in London and earn threeAnyone remember wanting a movie about an angry chef starring Bradley Cooper? Anyone ask for this? No? Didn't think so but here we are anyway. Cooper stars as Adam Jones a disgraced chef trying set up a restaurant in London and earn three Michelin stars. Settle down for nearly two hours of food, more food, Cooper having a tantrum, more food, and Cooper throwing plates of food at people. Of course there is a "heart warming" story amongst all this but you really don't care enough about the characters so it falls flat. I'm not saying don't watch this, but you'll regret paying money to see it.… Expand

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csw12Feb 16, 2016

Bradley Copper is horrible, the story is a disaster, directing is garbage and what you get is a total failure of a film on every level. Burnt is so poorly put together you have to wonder whether the people behind this film even cared.

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TrilobiteGJul 9, 2016

There is nothing worth caring about in this movie, it's predictable, laughable, well-shot and fairly well acted tripe. Burnt looses all three Michelin stars. And it made me loose my sanity.

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night4Dec 18, 2022

Hamfisted writing, hamfisted dialogue, hamfisted story... you get the picture. The only decent thing is Cooper's acting, but we've seen it so many times by now it's nothing special and is absolutely not enough of a reason for anyone to watchHamfisted writing, hamfisted dialogue, hamfisted story... you get the picture. The only decent thing is Cooper's acting, but we've seen it so many times by now it's nothing special and is absolutely not enough of a reason for anyone to watch this garbage.… Expand

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JLuis_001Sep 6, 2017

Cooper isn't that bad but the narrative is very weak! I would have love more character development and not wasting Sienna Miller, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Brühl in such a disgraceful way.

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amheretojudgeSep 14, 2019

Plenty of dressing, plenty of sauces to choose from, the main course, though, is undercooked.

Burnt John Wells has a troubling script in his hand. And it is supposed to be shocking. Steven Knight wrote the screenplay. You don't expectPlenty of dressing, plenty of sauces to choose from, the main course, though, is undercooked.

Burnt

John Wells has a troubling script in his hand. And it is supposed to be shocking. Steven Knight wrote the screenplay. You don't expect something like this from him. Although, every word of the film is subtexted with his signature all over it. The film takes odd turns and you'd go, "Oh! Yeah. This makes sense." And that is all the sense you are going to get. The director John Wells' film is troubling for it never knows what it is. In present. What it breathes and feels. The film is well aware of the trajectory it has to follow. It is mapped out meticulously within the script. What it doesn't know, is how to behave.

More importantly, express. Tons of action in the film, the decisions made by the characters or maybe even improvised by the actors are incongruent to.. well, anything. You need double checking on what it just chose to do or be. Is this the storyline are we supposed to follow? Predictable in its entirety and messy in its root. The only one coming off as a winner is Bradley Cooper. He is given one eccentric character to portray.

And he oozes power exactly how it is written on the paper. That is, once again, not to say that he is perpetually giving his best. In fact, the first act of the film is driven by him and it is in safe hands by then. His name is a myth that anyone would gladly love to listen to and gossip about. And he lives up to his reputation. He uses his celebrity persona, various charming tactics and passionately rude behaviour to overpower others. Burnt is about one character and all they had to do was hold on to him, they took him for granted.… Expand

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