Toast
W2 Media | Release Date: September 23, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 9, 2011
By turns sweet and tart, airy and rich and, above all, a thoroughly irresistible confection. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSep 29, 2011
Sentimental, obvious, but well-nigh irresistible, this jubilant comedy equates England's bland cuisine with its sexual inhibition and suggests we could all use something a little more tasty (at dinnertime, that is). Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenSep 22, 2011
Ms. Bonham Carter's hearty performance makes Mrs. Potter almost lovable. You may laugh at her garishness, but you applaud her pluck and stamina. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie FelperinSep 19, 2011
Like the lemon meringue pies and shrimp cocktails it features throughout, Brit comedy-drama Toast is tasty, hearty and rather conventional. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsOct 21, 2011
Toast is lovely to look at, evoking both the gray-green milieu of Midlands life and the sensuality of good food, but it's like a whipped topping with no base. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickSep 23, 2011
Based on a memoir by Nigel Slater, a British celebrity chef who makes a cameo appearance, Toast also charts the budding chef's growing interest in hunky, scantily clad guys. Be warned: Some of the regional British accents would benefit from subtitles. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonSep 20, 2011
Slater's book was evidently an ax-grinder, and the resulting film, directed with tone-deaf comic rhythm by S.J. Clarkson, shows pity and bemusement for the people raising Nigel but rarely human interest in them. More damning still, even the food looks ugly. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSep 19, 2011
Joan aside, the film goes down easy enough. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsSep 20, 2011
The first-person source material might explain the one-sided account of the struggle, but the film is crippled by its underhanded treatment of Bonham Carter's character, including a healthy dose of unmitigated middle-class snobbery. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 13, 2011
I could pile on the cooking metaphors until you cried "uncle," but the fact remains that there's a very good movie in here that its makers have failed to bring off. Read full review
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