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Title: The Chef (2012)
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| Jean Reno | ... | Alexandre Lagarde | |
| Michaël Youn | ... | Jacky Bonnot | |
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Raphaëlle Agogué | ... | Béatrice |
| Julien Boisselier | ... | Stanislas Matter | |
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Salomé Stévenin | ... | Amandine |
| Pierre Vernier | ... | Paul Matter | |
| Santiago Segura | ... | Juan | |
| Serge Larivière | ... | Titi | |
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Geneviève Casile | ... | La mère de Béatrice |
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Issa Doumbia | ... | Moussa |
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Bun-hay Mean | ... | Chang |
| André Penvern | ... | Le père de Béatrice | |
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Rebecca Miquel | ... | Carole |
| James Gerard | ... | Cyril Boss (as James Gérard) | |
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Henri Payet | ... | Thibault |
Jacky Bonnot is 32 years old and a lover of haute cuisine. He is undeniably talented and he dreams of success managing a great restaurant, but he and his wife's financial situation obliges him to accept odd jobs that he is not passionate about and thus, never able to keep. One day he runs into his idol, Alexandre Lagarde, a famous multi-star chef whose comfortable situation is threatened by the holding group that owns his restaurants.
Nothing to be ashamed here, you can do worse than spend an evening with this comedy, but there's little here that puts it above other feel-good comedies with the exception of Jean Reno - who is, sadly, the only one here with real comedy timing. The main actor, Youn, is obviously a bit overstrained with carrying the movie.
Apart from the boring lead, the gags are OK and mostly good-natured, what's maybe missing is a bit more "bite" or bitterness in this altogether rather sweet mix. Some punches are thrown against stylish kitchen trends and star restaurants (which is OK with me, but those are easy targets).
Recommended for people who like cooking themselves (as we do).