Chef 2014 Review

Chef

Story

What i’ll do, i’ll start you off with the story and then i’ll tell you my opinions.

The story starts with a chef who’s got a history with a certain critic and the chef is currently working for a restaurant that has been doing the same food for the past ten years. During this time, the critic is going to pay a visit to the restaurant. The Chef being played Jon favaru, who’s directed IronMan 1 & 2. he’s appeared in Youtube celebrity Freddie wong’s video and one of his most notable and probably one of his best known acting roles would be playing the millionaire and Monica’s Boyfriend for a short while in Friends. Anyway. THe chef finds out the critic is visiting his restaurant soon so he’s trying to change to menu to something for delicate and something more unique. Dustin Hoffman (The manager of the restaurant) doesn’t want him to change the menu in the restaurant because the chef previously changed the menu to his liking and it didn’t sell very well. so the manager and the chef get into a little argument about how the restaurent runs. The chef decides to leave and sees how the restaurant survives without him. The critic comes, reviews the food and as he’s leaving the chef comes back and starts ranting and raging about his previous bad reviews. The chef decides to start up his own business starting from a foodtruck by selling sandwiches with gourmet style dishes and entries. by none of the stretch of the imagination, this is not a spoiler, they become very successful.

During this entire time, Jon is finding it hard to spend time with his son as he’s struggling to manage his social life, his work and his son. Whilst Jon is building his sandwich van, he asks his son to help out and the son is getting better and better and more and more confident as the film goes on.

The film has a very old style theme with the style of shooting and the way things are phrased but by also bringing it in for the new generation by bringing in new technology and buzz words that the younger generation can relate to. Twitter, Vine and One Sec videos play a massive role and they aren’t a ploy or a sponsor by any stretch. they fit twitter and vine organically into the script and the screenplay.

Performance

The acting is tremendous, The cast is only helped with the introduction to the characters and that helps you bring in an understanding of these characters. For a small film that i know didn’t get a massive reception when it was first released has really got a huge cast of upper hollywood stars. Jon Favreau which is the Writer/Director and he’s the lead role. as a said before Dustin Hoffman. Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson. Yes you’ve got Iron man and Black widow and this could have been caused because all these three people have worked together in previous films and they are also fantastic friends that always compliment each other and you can see that chemistry between them on screen.

Conclusion

The only problem i have with the film i that the movie starts with off with the chef wanting to make tasty meals but also presented really well. Something that you’d see in a five star restaurant and he corrects his menu to suit his needs, the chef disappears and puts together his own food truck selling sandwiches. Excuse me, i thought he wanted to have a restaurant selling gourmet food not sandwiches. but as me of writing this review, it’s not about the chef's journey through his food career, i’ve realised that it’s him building a relationship with his son and always being right by him and always being there for him.

The film was fantastic, I’d highly recommend watching it, it’s got one of the best uplifting stories with a great cast of people and it suit all generations.