Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

missesaw-770-220611 I loved the first several seasons of this show, because it was all about the FOOD. Sure, it involved fixing the kitchen/giving the place a facelift to make it an attractive package, but it has devolved to "HGTV/Marriage counseling Hour". I, like many people, will go into a hole in the wall, as long as it's relatively clean, but mostly IF THE FOOD IS GOOD. The last few seasons the food aspect has been less than 5 minutes out of every hour episode. So the recent places may look nice, but the food is still going to suck. Here's something you'll hear every episode: The designer of the episode will say "There are sooooo many dust collectors", or "We HATE nik-naks!", only to put up a thousand new dust collectors and nik naks to replace the ones they just hauled outside. It was funny when Robert used to take a sledgehammer to a wall or whatever, because then he'd walk off to the kitchen and make something delicious. Now he hangs around the remodel or goes to the trailer and makes phone calls. Very disappointing. I thought this was a FOOD network show. What happened to the FOOD part of the show??

debraharrison It is May 2015. I don't know why it says I'm only able to comment on 2011 episodes. Doesn't matter, this review applies to Restaurant Impossible and Robert Irvine in particular. Robert seems to think he has as much success, experience and cachet as Ramsey (Ramsey is a one word identification, who knows who Irvine is?) Someone should tell him he's on the same level as all the others that scream at their "clients" like "Bar Rescue", etc. Please increase his salary so he can buy shirts that actually fit him (he's only feeding his ego) and his chewed down to the quick nails are disgusting. The exposure of the Lexus brand is ridiculous. As a result, you would think he might have a larger budget. Speaking of, who are you trying to kid you can do all those renovations with a $10,000 budget?

dartleyk the program is highly scripted to the point of people waiting to deliver their lines, being moved to a better location for the camera, about as rehearsed as 'reality' can get; then there's the host, a failed restaurant owner who lied on his resume and was fired but somehow got back on the air; then there's the cooking; nope, it's yelling and screaming instead, but every once in a while a great revelation like the host's chicken tastes better because? ready? he put salt and pepper on it; geez, who knew; then there's the mythical 10k budget, except there seem to be dozens of volunteers and donators; try buying a full commercial kitchen, stainless, triple sink, double fryers, oven, broiler, warming oven and 2 fridges (plus full pots, pans and utensils) for $7k? so yes, ramsey's format except the guy here is thickheaded, says the same thing again and again, yells a lot, and doesn't cook; watched one full, tried another to see if that was just an embarrassing fluke; nope

slaternx I Love this show Chef Robert is an army drill Sargent type of guy that will get things moving, He's not Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray, He's honest in the best way, not the demoralizing "You ARE A PIECE OF SH*T!" way that is Gordan Ramsey's style, but the "I'm gonna tell you what you don't want to hear but you know it's true," It's tough but I'm here to help you, Brutally Honest, Brutally True. Chef Robert say's "I will make YOU better, With this and that, YOU can do this, I will help you." And this show has Real actions, and reactions, it changes lives, and every show you can feel the real reality, unlike, most "reality shows" on TV.