MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Peter Swanson I'm upset with myself that I took so long to getting around to watching this film. I just finished it, and it is wonderful, on all levels. It is a wonderful human story featuring great actors and fantastic-looking food. Everything which needs to be said about this film has already been written, so I'll just say Watch It!

mattrochman Overall, this is a fairly poor film. The first half was moderately enjoyable, though it was easy to predict how things would unfold. Once the main character gets a career break and heads to Paris (ie.. the second half of the film), it becomes bland, pointless and boring. In fact, at times I felt like two different films were made and joined together as it transitioned from a mildly amusing drama to a melodramatic vapid Hollywood drama.Spielberg and Oprah were producers - Americans making a European film... Needless to say that it has some ridiculous touches as a result. For instance, the main character starts having wine with dinner ... in Paris .. to indicate that he's dulling his pain by turning to drinking. Laughable. About 50 minutes of the last hour could (should) have been left on the cutting room floor. The love aspect of the film was totally predictable, though unconvincing. The "quickie" they have towards the end of the film was a truly eye-rolling addition.Strangely it also fails as a foodie film. Aside from the overly predictable and silly "French with Indian influences" cuisine thing, there are flat out mistakes from anyone who knows a thing or two about French cooking. Hollandaise sauce is made with clarified butter, not oil. The latter is used to make mayonnaise. Furthermore, you would never take Hollandaise sauce on a picnic as the butter would solidify. One of many.Nit picking aside, it's ultimately hard to identify where the film is a legitimate success and it's not recommended viewing!

madeleine-zuber-1993 If you are having a bad day, and you want to pick a movie that will lift your spirits? Watch this amazing family-comedy. It will bring some light into the darkness, I promise.What I liked about the movie? I like that it suited each age-category. I moreover liked that it was about cooking, but yet had a depth in it. It was not just some movie without any significant story. It was the story of a family, which had one gifted son. It was the story about what really is important in life (i.e. family). I would recommend this movie to all persons wanting to watch something that makes one happy and not sad.Cheers!

cwaters80 (Spoilers) This is a sumptuous banquet of beautiful locations, good acting, a lovely soundtrack by the legendary A.R. Rahman, and it plays out more-or-less the way you would expect and want it to. The actors know exactly what they are doing, particularly Helen Mirren and Om Puri, who both start out bombastic and brutal but let their guards down convincingly.However, as some people have noted, the most surprising thing in 'Hundred-Foot Journey' is its very great resemblance to the 2007 animation 'Ratatouille', with many themes, scenes and even one or two lines bearing an uncanny resemblance. For example, Hassan is basically a composite of Ratatouille's two main characters, awkwardly falling in love with the rival female sous-chef while also becoming a rising star of the kitchen with his unorthodox cooking style, delivering a dish for a critic which is vital to preserving their good rating. On a personal level, the scene where Hassan tastes the sea urchin in the market in India is very similar to Remy's tasting of the various cheeses, both finding a moment of clarity and epiphany, suddenly knowing for sure that their destiny lies with food.Other themes too, such as outsiders feeling they should never mix in each other's worlds, then discovering and accepting the advantages of integration, are present in both films. (It is perhaps possible that the writer of Ratatouille wanted to explore immigration, integration and racism metaphorically, whereas Hundred-foot was more willing to deal with it directly.)While many children's films are adapted from serious grown-up works, it is downright bizarre to see this happening in the other direction. It isn't a bad thing though, Ratatouille is good and worthy of influencing others.(And before anyone mentions it, the novel that 'Hundred-Foot' was based on was published in 2010, three years after Ratatouille's release in 2007, so Ratatouille definitely came first.)On the downside, though they're not carbon copies, it is very hard to shake the feeling that this is a live-action remake, and consequently anyone who has watched Ratatouille is going to find very few surprises or twists in Hundred-foot.