Haute Cuisine
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: September 20, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonSep 19, 2013
"Witty and brisk" is not the name of a French breakfast cereal, but it does describe a certain brand of French film, the type that coquettishly flirts with comedy while sprinting in the direction of dry, sophisticated charm. Such is Haute Cuisine. Read full review
80
The DissolveTasha RobinsonSep 18, 2013
A warm and enjoyable small-scale film. Read full review
80
Village VoiceChuck WilsonSep 17, 2013
Writer-director Christian Vincent and co-writer Étienne Comar, aided by Frot's quiet intensity, imbue Hortense's quest to pull off culinary miracles with an urgency that's almost absurdly compelling, and all the more entertaining for it. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaOct 3, 2013
An epicurean dream where the dishes conjured up by the characters are as essential to the experience as the characters themselves. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 18, 2013
Its restraint is its strength. The focus on a woman's passionate hard work without need of marital-status back story is refreshing. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBernard BesserglikMar 5, 2013
Haute Cuisine is light on plot, long on flavor and deliciously French. Read full review
67
The PlaylistKimber MyersSep 22, 2013
Unfortunately, the film itself is so determinedly middle-brow with little to dislike other than how eager it is to please and how wary it is of offending. Unlike Hortense’s flavorful cooking, Haute Cuisine is aggressively bland. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Sep 20, 2013
Narrowness of focus keeps the movie from becoming bloated with self-importance, but it also leaves it feeling a little inconsequential. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerrySep 27, 2013
Haute Cuisine provides no huge revelations or profound messages, but it is sweetly and consistently engaging — a tasty treat that’s not entirely filling but perfectly enjoyable all the same. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSep 26, 2013
A bonbon, not of a full-course meal. Foodies will smack their lips over many delectable shots of victuals prepared by the film's engaging protagonist, a provincial woman chosen to cook for the president of France. As a story, though, it's insubstantial - there's conflict here, but it feels perfunctory. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 26, 2013
Haute Cuisine proves the limits of cinema: It’s a movie that needs Taste-o-Vision. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldSep 19, 2013
As flatly directed by Christian Vincent, Haute Cuisine is a reserved, très simple tale that raises the occasional smile and tummy rumble but keeps hiccuping because of the drawn-out parallel story about her subsequent tour of duty. Read full review
40
Time OutStephen GarrettSep 17, 2013
The film’s Antarctic framing device (wait, what?) feels unearned and distracting, regardless of its veracity. But there’s plenty to behold, including a killer Gâteau Saint-Honoré. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris CabinApr 26, 2013
Offers all the ingredients for a great feast of enticing visions and thematic concerns, only to have them be prepared, plated, and served with the grace of Elmer Fudd. Read full review
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