Disinterested mediocrity

Margarette 2021-12-20 08:01:04

#影# 2015 "The Hundred-Foot Journey" and "Michelin Love" 6/10 I


want to watch a relaxing and warm romantic drama, but this film does not even erase the traces of the assembly line, and directly put the routine mold on the table: India mixed with France, Food plus inspiration, family love and love, every shot is expected, every emotional outburst is expected, mediocre and uncomfortable.


Forget it, the New Year's Eve is like watching a family festivities movie, just as the director and screenwriter are happy. As for what the audience thinks, the sunk cost of time is already so high, what else can be done except pretending to enjoy it.

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Extended Reading
  • Morton 2022-03-23 09:02:06

    Movies about food have never shown appetite.

  • Patsy 2022-03-21 09:02:07

    Pursuit, success, love, return, there is nothing lacking, and it will not be brilliant.

The Hundred-Foot Journey quotes

  • Papa: She thinks she owns everybody in town. Do you hear me up there? I say no! Don't try to steal my children!

    Madame Mallory: I will report you, Mr. Kadam, for making too much noise.

    Papa: And I will report you for attempted child abduction!

    Madame Mallory: Have you even asked the boy what he wants?

    Papa: You deliberately seduced him!

    Madame Mallory: [Scoffs]

    Papa: You seduced his mind,with your awful, tasteless, empty sauces! With your pitiful little squashed bits of garlic!

    Madame Mallory: That is called subtlety of flavor.

    Papa: It's called meanness of spirit! If you have a spice, use it! Don't sprinkle it. Spoon it in!

    Madame Mallory: What you do not seem to understand is that there is such a thing as enough. Enough is enough, arrêtez!

    Papa: Yes, enough of you. Always up there like a queen or something. You tell him, it's "classical". What is "classical"?

    Madame Mallory: "Classical" comes from the word "class". And that is what he will learn in my kitchen. He will learn how to cook with class.

    Papa: Indian cannot become French, and the French cannot become Indian.

    Madame Mallory: Mr. Kadam, I think I have just spent the whole day washing those words off your wall.

  • Hassan: [narrating] And my mother was my instructor.

    Mama: The sea urchins taste of life, don't you think ? Life has its own flavor. Hidden in that shell, raw, beautiful life.

    Hassan: [narrating] It was an education for all of the senses.

    Mama: But to cook, you must kill. You make ghosts. You cook to make ghosts. Spirits that live on in every ingredient.

    Hassan: [narrating] But mostly, I was taught.

    Hassan: [Slurping] How to taste.

    Mama: Can you taste them?