French Cuisine (2015) User Reviews

R.I.P Florent Emilio Siri

[searchanddestroy-1 · 5/10 · 14 June 2022]

Oh my God, what a shock for me to watch this film, not that bad actually, but directed by the most gifted French director, the film maker who astonished us in 2002 with NID DE GUEPES, the new John Mc Tiernan, who later confirmed with HOSTAGE, L'ENNEMI INTIME, CLOCLO ( even not an action movie) and now, I am smashed by this deception. What the hell happened to push him directing this junk, this lousy purely French comedy, low rate stuff? I dreamed of Gerard Lanvin in a Florent Emilio Siri's film, but a good one, in the line of L ENNEMI INTIME, not necessarily an pure action flick such as NID DE GUEPE. And notice that since this crap, Siri has made NOTHING, except some episodes of MARSEILLES series. I hope he will be back with the remake of LA BALANCE, a french crime film from the early eighties.

I've Heard That Song Before

[writers_reign · 7/10 · 27 June 2016]

In recent years Hollywood has bent over backwards remaking - euphemism for ruining - fine French films (Le Jour se leve, La Salaire de la peur, Les Diaboliques, La Cage aux folles, L'Emmerdeur, Diner du cons), just for openers so it's refreshing to see the trend reversed but without the destructive element. If your memory stretches back to the 'golden' age then you will surely remember the one about the husband/wife missing lo, these many years until the widow/widower feels able to remarry and then, just when everything in the garden is rosy the missing-presumed-dead spouse turns up ready to resume his/her life having been 'lost' on a remote island all the time. Somerset Maugham started it all in a stage play which was subsequently filmed and spawned spin-offs and several years ago the French jumped on the bandwagon with Cuisine de la buerre, a vehicle for Fernandel and Bourvil. The title, roughly translatable as Cooking With Butter, referred to the cuisine of Normandy as opposed to the South of France where oil is the ingredient of choice. One of the two restaurant owners - either Fernandel or Bourvil - was from Normandy and his widow had remarried a restaurant owner from Provence - a similar theme was explored in the recent German film, Mostly Martha, in which the heavy, lard-based German cooking was contrasted with the lighter, oil-based variety from Italy. French Cuisine then is a remake of Cuisine de la buerre, itself, as we now know, based on the Hollywood 'guy who came back' cycle. This is a totally delightful divertissment guaranteed to keep you entertained and amused for its allotted running time. More we cannot ask.

Enjoyed

[kokopellim · 8/10 · 6 February 2024]

A movie with a calm and natural flow. I started watching it by accident, but I enjoyed it. Actors and actresses are talented. I rarely like French productions.

It was a well blended production. Maybe it could have been a little more action, but my impression is that, that is not common in French productions. Mr. Géurard Lanvin; He's attractive and talented. As I said, I usually avoid French productions. Movies that involve cooking can be boring, in this movie we can say that everything is in dosage. A little bit of the past could have been added to create excitement. I also liked the ending. It made me smile.