Jon Favreau is at his career best both in front and behind the camera in Chef, a warm hearted tale of redemption with food, music and family at its crusty moist centre.
Chef is peppered with just the right amount of gentle comedy as well as deeper drama, and feels far shorter than its 114-minute runtime. The ending of the film was slightly cliché but still leaves its audience feeling nonetheless satisfied. Chef is certainly worth the watch.
You don't have to strain to spot the parallels between writer/director Jon Favreau and the character he plays in Chef, Carl Casper. Both men have reputations at stake: Favreau being the director behind the first two installments of Marvel's lucrative Iron Man franchise and Carl being a world-class chef. Yet, the movie has them going back to basics, with Favreau revisiting his indie film roots and Carl attempting to jump-start his career with his own food truck. Indeed, in many ways, Chef can be regarded as a case of art imitating life; but at its core, it's also just a movie about a man, his family and his passion for food.
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