The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) (2025)

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• Review by marykim ★★★★ 2

  Imagine Ratatouille, but Remy is a person and Hellen Mirren learns that anyone can cook

• Review by Ruslan Mavrodinov ★★★★½ 1

  Widely criticized for its lack of originality, The Hundred-Foot Journey is not only a predictable by-the-numbers schmaltz, but also an unapologetic crowd-pleaser, a multisensory delight, food porn with a big heart and comfort food at its finest all rolled into a succulent, brilliantly crafted and instantly enjoyable classic tale of self-discovery, tolerance and loyalty, sprinkled with an eclectic blend of irresistible charm, mouth-watering escapism, sumptuous cultural authenticity and disarming humanism.

• Review by Percy ☆彡 ★★★ 1

  Originally a hunger watch b/c I was craving Indian food but it quickly became a thirst watch thanks to Hassan

• Review by juliagehring ★★★★

  tag urself I’m the mayor who just eats pain au chocolat while helen mirren and om puri go from enemies to lovers in front of me

• Review by preetisha ★★★★ 1

  marguerite looks more like winona ryder than winona ryder looks like winona ryder

• Review by olivia ★★★★★ 7

  if you want a feel-good movie, this is it. if you want a film to remind you of how lucky you are on a day centered around being thankful, this is it. if you want a good cooking/chef film, this is it. if you want a film starring the extremely handsome and incomparable manish dayal, this is it. if you want a film with a charming and enigmatic performance from charlotte le bon, this is it. if you want a film with the seasoned (hehe) and sophisticated helen mirren, this is it. moral of the story: this. is. it ❗️ this film is one of my favorites. every rewatch is always so meaningful, and the emotion hits the same every…

• Review by 🦇 Count DuLacula 🦇 ★★★

  Is he as good as I think he is?
  -Papa

  Another warm and fuzzy film about food in the same year. It's like those two asteroid films all over again. I'm pretty sure that Morgan Freeman is even the President in on of these films, just not sure which one... because he's not actually in either.

  An incredibly charming cast get together here with several standouts not the least of which is of course Helen Mirren. Om Puri easily holds his own with her and is one of the highlights of the film. Manish Dayal was able to convince me that reading a new cookbook could be a spiritual experience while Charlotte Lebon could easily charm corpse back to life.…

• Review by UltimateMovieRankings ★★★½

  I was vaguely aware of this movie when it popped up in my RedBox this morning. This movie which deals with dueling restaurant owners in France starts off slow.....then gets interesting in the middle....but then suffers at the end from "Lord of the Ring: Return of the King refuse to end a movie syndrome". Overall I liked the movie,especially the performances from Helen Mirren and Om Puri (looking a lot like Seymour Cassel). This was produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. Ranked 35th of 120 movies on my 2014 Cogerson page. cogersonmoviescore.com/best-to-worst-2014-movies.html

• Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½

  Action: The Caps Of Mr. Spielberg - The Epilogues
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  A film produced by Spielberg, yet not directed by him, and still you can trace some of his whimsy vibe throughout the entire picture - and not in a good way.

  As a movie about food, its often endearing, playing almost like a less cynical version of Burnt but missing some of the appeal of that movie. It never gets to the level of enjoyment of Chef where you can trace and feel the level of excitement and dedication that Favreau put into that feature. In a nutshell, its a story that attempts to tackle the world of high class food through the glance of an Indian immigrant…

• Review by ashley 🥀 ★★★ 1

  Finally watched this after my old friend recommended it to me years ago because “Marguerite reminded [her] of [me]” which, although flattering bc she’s so cute and sweet, confused me at first bc I don’t really cook. But then I remembered the numerous happy nights helping her in the kitchen and got super nostalgic, so Lauren, if you’re reading this hmu I miss you.

• Review by ScreeningNotes ★★

  "If your food is anything like your music, then I suggest you tone it down."

  The Hundred-Foot Journey is a simple and easy food-porn melodrama. Hassan (Manish Dayal), a young chef, moves with his family from India to France and finds himself torn between his native culinary tradition and the cuisine of his new home. From there, the movie sets up a variety of artificial conflicts which are so transparent that they never develop any sense of dramatic tension. For instance, Hassan meets a pretty French girl who likes or dislikes him depending on the demands of the script (e.g. he leaves after having a disagreement, but when he returns she wants him again for no reason).

  The film is…

• Review by Graham ★★★½

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

  Ahh, a lovely 3 course meal of a movie. Crack 2 eggs and mix together with a little 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', un petit peut de 'Chocolat' (the Juliette Binoche one) and a good dollop of 'Before Sunset'. Add spice to taste and voila! A perfect Indo-Franco fusion.

  There is nothing not to like here... it's nothing spectacular or particularly arty, but it's just lovely, cardamom-infused fun.

  Om Puri plays Papa, the lovable Dad of the family. I remember him from the wonderful 'East is East', and he's brilliant in this too. Om left us in 2017, leaving a legacy of…