Cook Off!

Name: Cook Off!
Genre: Comedy
Released: November 17, 2017
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Diedrich Bader, Jennifer Elise Cox, Jordan Black, Lizzy Burgi, Louie Anderson

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Lionsgate Premiere | Release Date: November 17, 2017 | R

Starring: Diedrich Bader, Jennifer Elise Cox, Jordan Black, Lizzy Burgi, Louie Anderson, Mark Cirillo, Mo Collins, Nick Rey Angelus, Tom Carey, W. Bruce Cameron

Summary: Reality-show shenanigans mix with the fiery-and-fierce world of competitive baking in the deliciously sly mockumentary Cook-Off! As a buffet of quirky contestants prepare for the renowned Van Rookle Farms Cooking Contest, the heat is on to win a one million-dollar prize. The filmmakers follow them as the foodie media and celebrity judgesReality-show shenanigans mix with the fiery-and-fierce world of competitive baking in the deliciously sly mockumentary Cook-Off! As a buffet of quirky contestants prepare for the renowned Van Rookle Farms Cooking Contest, the heat is on to win a one million-dollar prize. The filmmakers follow them as the foodie media and celebrity judges descend on a hotel convention area to see which contestants rise, which ones fall, who will reveal their true nature, and who will find love with the contest's costumed Muffin Man mascot.… Expand

Director: Cathryn Michon and Guy Shalem

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Nov 16, 2017

The movie tries to do for amateur cooking contests what “Best in Show” did for dog competitions, but the strained folksiness and tired stereotypes couldn’t be further from the snap and wit of prime Christopher Guest. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 16, 2017

Wafting into theaters after sitting on the back burner for the last decade, Cook Off! is a shrill, gloppy mess of a mockumentary being served up well past its "best before" date — if there ever actually were one. Read full review

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TheQuietGamer

Jan 19, 2018

I kept up with everything with everything that was happening onscreen while simultaneously playing on my laptop throughout the entire thing. It's a background noise movie if there ever was one. There are some funny jokes, but it's plagued by amateurish production and some painfully unfunnyI kept up with everything with everything that was happening onscreen while simultaneously playing on my laptop throughout the entire thing. It's a background noise movie if there ever was one. There are some funny jokes, but it's plagued by amateurish production and some painfully unfunny gags that drag on for way too long. It's kind of admirable to see such an oddball film these days. The characters are ridiculous and their actions are absurd. It hasn't quite benefitted from sitting on a shelf for so long (the movie was completed in 2007).

I can't say I'm a fan, but I certainly didn't hate it. In a way it's a lot like Brendon Urie; too weird to live, too strange to die. Only it doesn't have the same level of quality at what it does. There are really aren't words to describe all of the weirdness going on in this movie. So all I can say in closing is that it's a quirky mockumentary meant for a very small audience. The trailer alone will be enough for you to know if you are part of it or not. So don't be like me and go in blind.

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If you're here for Melissa McCarthy, she's only in the thing for like five minutes.… Expand

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