Burnt

A mildly entertaining but well acted, sumptuously photographed and smartly written comedy with dark undertones about culinary addiction that can only be called “delicious.” See it and then check your cholesterol.

Just when you think you know where Burnt is headed, there’s an underhanded twist about halfway in. And it’s almost enough to set the movie right.

Burnt is mildly diverting.

There’s never any doubt that redemption is the end-game for Jones, but the claim for his saving is weak sauce; the case against him has been too emphatically, if unintentionally, argued.

Every thoughtful story beat and every well-observed character moment happens with such predictability and slick professionalism that the whole project seems smothered in bland sweetness.

Both Adam and the stakes are so low, it’s like watching 100 minutes of a slug trying to crawl over a twig.

Everything in the by-the-numbers script signals that Adam must transform himself from and abusive tyrant in the kitchen to the head of a loving and fully functional family.

This movie isn't perfect but i think it deserves a higher rating... In my opinion it is well-crafted and actors did their best... 2 Awesome points are shown really well too: 1- For doing things perfectly you always need others specially your friends! 2- If you don't get what you really tried for you won't **** just need to try harder next time!

Bradley Cooper plays a chef who's great at cooking, but a mess at personal and professional relationships. After a major flame out, he moves to London, where he enlists old friends to create a new restaurant. There's lots of kitchen prep that's interesting and serves up some beautiful dishes. There's also lots of him being a dictatorial **** but oh so committed to his craft. Performances are solid, but the story's focus is muddled, esp. in the beginning. Foodies into the high-pressure gourmet world will find lots to like. Cooper fans will enjoy him. Overall, an interesting, but forgettable film.

If Alicia Vikander had a bigger role in the movie, I might have stayed with it longer. But as she didn't and as I didn't find the plot interesting, I gave up on it early on. '

Hamfisted writing, hamfisted dialogue, hamfisted story... you get the picture. The only decent thing is Cooper's acting, but we've seen it so many times by now it's nothing special and is absolutely not enough of a reason for anyone to watch this garbage.

Plenty of dressing, plenty of sauces to choose from, the main course, though, is undercooked. Burnt John Wells has a troubling script in his hand. And it is supposed to be shocking. Steven Knight wrote the screenplay. You don't expect something like this from him. Although, every word of the film is subtexted with his signature all over it. The film takes odd turns and you'd go, "Oh! Yeah. This makes sense." And that is all the sense you are going to get. The director John Wells' film is troubling for it never knows what it is. In present. What it breathes and feels. The film is well aware of the trajectory it has to follow. It is mapped out meticulously within the script. What it doesn't know, is how to behave. More importantly, express. Tons of action in the film, the decisions made by the characters or maybe even improvised by the actors are incongruent to.. well, anything. You need double checking on what it just chose to do or be. Is this the storyline are we supposed to follow? Predictable in its entirety and messy in its root. The only one coming off as a winner is Bradley Cooper. He is given one eccentric character to portray. And he oozes power exactly how it is written on the paper. That is, once again, not to say that he is perpetually giving his best. In fact, the first act of the film is driven by him and it is in safe hands by then. His name is a myth that anyone would gladly love to listen to and gossip about. And he lives up to his reputation. He uses his celebrity persona, various charming tactics and passionately rude behaviour to overpower others. Burnt is about one character and all they had to do was hold on to him, they took him for granted.