Ramen Shop
Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 22, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpMar 26, 2019
Like the best “food porn” movies, Ramen Shop is an expression of authentic passion, the kind fostered by abiding connections not simply to food but to the people, places and times food recalls. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoApr 25, 2019
The overall mood is out-and-out misty-eyed, a feeling emphasized by the movie’s piano score. Ramen Shop has some flaws — the movie jumps jarringly back and forth in time — but voluptuous closeups of delightful dishes like chilli crab make up for a lot. Read full review
75
Film ThreatAlan NgApr 15, 2019
Ihara and Aw’s love story feels real and plays well as represented through fine cuisine. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloMar 22, 2019
Ramen Shop believes that the healing power of food can satisfy our hunger for comfort in difficult times, and that should be filling enough for now. Read full review
75
The Film StageJaime GrijalbaMar 20, 2019
Ramen Shop has its charms, but it’s a bit too lightweight to leave a lasting impact. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeMar 21, 2019
If you can tolerate a little saccharine piano music and ethereal backlighting with your food porn, Ramen Shop is an appetizing little bite of multicultural foodie edutainment. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 21, 2019
A drama from the Singaporean director Eric Khoo that also demonstrates the power of Instagrammable cuisine to spice up an otherwise straightforward, sentimental film. Read full review
60
VarietyMaggie LeeMar 18, 2019
Bringing two of Singapore and Japan’s most popular dishes (bak kut teh and ramen) together in a film about cultural and culinary fusion, Singaporean auteur Eric Khoo’s “Ramen Teh” is cinematically more comfort food than haute cuisine. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungMar 18, 2019
It is saved by its underlying theme of forgiveness and reconciliation between long-estranged family members, for whom the cruel memory of the Japanese invasion and occupation of Singapore during World War 2 is still alive. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 3, 2019
For all of its foodie appeal, however, Ramen Shop is a wispily sentimental enterprise, full of perfunctory transitions, maudlin plot twists and awkward time shifts between past and present. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePeter GoldbergMar 18, 2019
Its drawn-out descriptions of culinary traditions and practices are enticing enough, but the same can’t be said about the characterizations. Read full review
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