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Chef's Special (2008)

Fuera de carta (original title)
Not Rated | | Comedy, Romance | 11 April 2008 (Spain)
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Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.

Director:

Nacho G. Velilla

Writers:

Oriol Capel, David S. Olivas | 2 more credits »

Stars:

Javier Cámara, Lola Dueñas, Fernando Tejero | See full cast & crew »
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Javier Cámara ... Maxi
Lola Dueñas ... Alex
Fernando Tejero ... Ramiro
Benjamín Vicuña ... Horacio
Chus Lampreave ... Celia
Luis Varela Luis Varela ... Jaime
Cristina Marcos ... Marta
Alexandra Jiménez ... Paula
Junio Valverde ... Edu
Alejandra Lorenzo Alejandra Lorenzo ... Alba
Mariano Peña Mariano Peña ... Álvaro
Fernando Albizu ... Valero
Carlos Leal ... Pascal Sánchez
Alberto Jo Lee ... Dae-Su
Jesús Fuente Jesús Fuente ... Director del colegio
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Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.

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Plot Keywords:

girl wears eyeglasses | man wears eyeglasses | chef | homosexual | ugly duckling | See All (64) »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Certificate:

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Fernando Fernán-Gómez was originally slated to play a role, but died before shooting began. See more »

Connections

Featured in Fuera de carta: Así se hizo (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

Después de 8 tequilas
(Too Much Tequila)
Written by Dave Burgess
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Too much anti-gay rhetoric
26 May 2009 | by heszyfilm – See all my reviews

First, I should say that the movie definitely had some funny, enjoyable scenes. However, the movie was laden with way too many derogatory gay jokes. I was uncomfortable hearing so many bigoted, insulting, ignorant jokes. Many in the audience I was in laughed, but I squirmed at every "joke." Even in the movie's context of perhaps mocking homophobes, it was not necessary to have some many. Could you imagine a movie about African-Americans full of white characters spouting out a constant barrage of jokes about fried chicken and bananas and athletic prowess? And was it necessary for the main character to be such an effeminate stereotype? As for the plot, the director's soap opera experience was obvious; the plot had several wrenching shifts from light humor to attempts at deep seriousness. If you want to see good Spanish humor without the stereotyping and gay-bashing "jokes," I'd suggest Almodovar's many excellent comedies.
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Official Sites:

Official site [Spain]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

11 April 2008 (Spain) See more »

Also Known As:

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Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,997,644
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Antena 3 Televisión, Canguro Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche, Ensueño Films See more »
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2.35 : 1
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