Cuisine américaine (1998)

Director:

Jean-Yves Pitoun

Writer:

Jean-Yves Pitoun

Stars:

Jason Lee, Eddy Mitchell, Irène Jacob

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Lee	...	Loren Collins
Eddy Mitchell	...	Louis Boyer
Irène Jacob	...	Gabrielle Boyer
Isabelle Petit-Jacques	...	Carole
Sylvie Loeillet	...	Suzanne
Thibault de Montalembert	...	Vincent
Anthony Valentine	...	Wellington
Michel Muller	...	Tax Inspector
Isabelle Leprince	...	Agnes
Laurent Gendron	...	Bruno
Gérard Chaillou	...	Roger
Lyès Salem	...	Karim
Linda Powell	...	Miller
Skipp Sudduth	...	Wicks
David Gabison	...	Fredet

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

21 October 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

American Cuisine

Filming Locations:

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 43,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films Balenciaga, Les, M6 Films, PolyGram Audiovisuel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rather than resort to dubbing or subtitling for release to other countries, the actors recorded lines in both French and English.

User Reviews

could have been so much better

'American Cuisine' tries to do for French cuisine what 'Big Night' did for Italian cuisine and 'Eat Drink Man Woman' did for Chinese cuisine, but it lacks what those two films had - a plot. The movie is about a young American chef named Loren who goes to France to work in the kitchen of his idol, the famous Louis Boyer. It is meant to be a fast paced romp, but ends up a mess as new plot devices are thrown in every other minute. For example, Loren goes from being the slowest chef in the restaurant to taking charge of the operation when Louis Boyer goes mad. That is another implausability -- Boyer is eccentric at best, but certainly not crazy enough to shut down his restaurant or tear apart his family. No matter though. The movie's purpose was to show off the excitement of French culinary art, and it does that well. Plus, the performances by Eddy Mitchell as Chef Boyer, Irene Jacob as his daughter, and Isabelle Petit-Jacques as the nerve-wracked partner of the restaurant (was she also Boyer's wife?) are very charming. Jason Lee, on the other hand, seems to have been miscast. His performance was a bit amateurish. Still, the movie is worth a watch if only to see the food.