I like this film....it's so refreshingly funny......this film was based on the food writer, Nigel Slater
My only complaint is that Nigel Slater (played by Oscar Kennedy as young Nigel and Freddie Highmore as teenager Nigel) is such a bratty snob who looks down on his stepmother Joan Potter (played marvelously by Helena Bonham Carter) as a lowly cleaner
He should have given her a chance....... for in the beginning of the movie she is kind to him but the latter keeps on rejecting her so Joan develops animosity towards Nigel (with good reason) and instead of kindly asking Joan (who is a superb cook) the recipe for the Lemon Meringue, he secretly spies on her when she's preparing and baking the pie.......
It doesn't say in the film that Joan is only after Nigel's father's money so why downright rude to her????????
Entire cast is great
My only complaint is that Nigel Slater (played by Oscar Kennedy as young Nigel and Freddie Highmore as teenager Nigel) is such a bratty snob who looks down on his stepmother Joan Potter (played marvelously by Helena Bonham Carter) as a lowly cleaner
He should have given her a chance....... for in the beginning of the movie she is kind to him but the latter keeps on rejecting her so Joan develops animosity towards Nigel (with good reason) and instead of kindly asking Joan (who is a superb cook) the recipe for the Lemon Meringue, he secretly spies on her when she's preparing and baking the pie.......
It doesn't say in the film that Joan is only after Nigel's father's money so why downright rude to her????????
Entire cast is great