
The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal), has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam (Om Puri) to set up a Indian restauran... (Full plot summary below)
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The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal), has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam (Om Puri) to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory's acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. The resulting rivalry eventually escalates in personal intensity until it goes too far. In response, there is a bridging of sides initiated by Hassan, Marguerite, and Madame Mallory (Dame Helen Mirren), both professional and personal, that encourages an understanding that will change both sides forever.
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| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk Honeycutt'Slumdog Millionaire' meets 'Ratatouille' in this somewhat bland culinary comedy. |
| Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL)Pamela Powell"The Hundred-Foot Journey" is a delicious love story portraying the melting and blending of two opposing cultures. |
| Sacramento BeeCarla MeyerThe Hundred-Foot Journey is a feel-good movie so intent on making its audience feel good that it ladles its more sentimental aspects when only a pinch would have done. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyComfort food for those who go for this sort of thing, but too much of a heaping of cinematic material we've already consumed in previous films. (Complete Content Review for Parents also available) |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanDisappointingly, the talented Lasse Hallström has reduced the poignancy and earthiness to cinematic dross |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomAnd, yes, "The Hundred-Foot Journey" falls back on a few clichés. Honestly, though, they are not that detrimental to the film, which is more a celebration of creativity and spirit. |
| jackiekcooper.comJackie K. CooperHelen Mirren is amazing, and every element of the movie is her equal. Top of the summer crop. |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzIt isn't a great film, but it's a very enjoyable one. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettPredictably convenient but gently entertaining film about how cooking can bridge cultures and persuade the passions. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn overdone and overlong bland middle-brow food pic, that uncomfortably sticks to your ribs with its overload on life lessons. |