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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonWriter-director Christian Vincent and co-writer Étienne Comar, aided by Frot's quiet intensity, imbue Hortense's quest to pull off culinary miracles with an urgency that's almost absurdly compelling, and all the more entertaining for it.
- 80The DissolveTasha RobinsonThe DissolveTasha RobinsonA warm and enjoyable small-scale film.
- 80Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn Anderson"Witty and brisk" is not the name of a French breakfast cereal, but it does describe a certain brand of French film, the type that coquettishly flirts with comedy while sprinting in the direction of dry, sophisticated charm. Such is Haute Cuisine.
- Haute Cuisine is light on plot, long on flavor and deliciously French.
- 70Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenIts restraint is its strength. The focus on a woman's passionate hard work without need of marital-status back story is refreshing.
- 67The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersUnfortunately, the film itself is so determinedly middle-brow with little to dislike other than how eager it is to please and how wary it is of offending. Unlike Hortense’s flavorful cooking, Haute Cuisine is aggressively bland.
- 50The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldAs flatly directed by Christian Vincent, Haute Cuisine is a reserved, très simple tale that raises the occasional smile and tummy rumble but keeps hiccuping because of the drawn-out parallel story about her subsequent tour of duty.
- 40Time OutStephen GarrettTime OutStephen GarrettThe film’s Antarctic framing device (wait, what?) feels unearned and distracting, regardless of its veracity. But there’s plenty to behold, including a killer Gâteau Saint-Honoré.
- 38Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinOffers all the ingredients for a great feast of enticing visions and thematic concerns, only to have them be prepared, plated, and served with the grace of Elmer Fudd.