
In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of att... (Full plot summary below)
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In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster?
Leave your thoughts about Soul Kitchen.
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterEven if it is occasionally predictable, "Soul Kitchen" serves up a tasty dish. |
| Boxoffice MagazinePam GradyThis comedy offers plenty to savor for foodies and romcom fans alike. |
| San Francisco ChronicleWalter V. AddiegoA loose, generally good-natured comedy with screwball overtones. |
| Movie RetrieverBrian TallericoA great little character-driven comedy, merely another excellent film from a spectacular director who would be a household name if foreign films got the audience they deserved in this country. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWho knew this German-born Turkish filmmaker could perpetrate a delirious farce-in German and Greek with good English subtitles-that doesn't flag for a single one of its 99 minutes? |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson[A] high-energy comedy of errors, which is sort of a wintertime equivalent to [Akin's] delightful summertime rom-com In July (2000). |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfHis (Fatih Akin) new movie, an occasionally shouty comedy, is easily his most fun. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe slapsticky tone of Akin's latest work is more anarchic than heavenly, but the picture has its screwball charms. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceLooks like a bit of relaxed down time for filmmaker Fatih Akin after the stressed-out cross-culturalism of The Edge of Heaven. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonA more genial, crowd-pleasing "art" film hasn't been and almost certainly won't be found in American theaters this year. |