SummaryBest friends Tommy Moran (David Schwimmer) and Dion Patras (Jim Sturgess struggle to open their own restaurant in this drama series based on the Danish show Bankerot.
Created By:Clyde Phillips
❮ Feed the Beast (2016)
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Jun 5, 2016
Metascore
Mixed or Average
46
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
15% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
27% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Jun 2, 2016
100
But Schwimmer does his best TV work yet in Feed the Beast, breaking viewers’ hearts just as Tommy’s has been broken. His pain reaches out and grabs us, and we root for him to find a way to go on.
Jun 2, 2016
60
Jacob's performance as TJ may be line-free, but it's also subtle in a way that much of Feed the Beast isn't. He and Doman turn out to have a curious chemistry, and their scenes together were among the few that left me hungry for more.
User score
Generally Favorable
64% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
10% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
26% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Jun 30, 2016
9
Finally we have a great cooking show that isn't trying to force us to watch a kid face off against Gordon Ramsey and some Roasted Red beets topped with Greek yogurt and frisee. Jim Sturgess is BRILLIANT. From the first scene with him I was hooked. He is the focus of the show for me, he blends beautifully with each layered character, and paired with the vintage Sommelier Schwimmer, makes for very appetizing viewing. The mob thing to me is a necessary touch - this is supposed to the Bronx -"the last frontier" of New York lay out the dynamic between old New York, and the changing gentrification of New, New York. Feed the Beasts plays out like the movie Dinner Rush, which was superb. I don't know what these "critics" are talking about. Maybe these humps get their food from Walmart This show makes you feel like you are their 4th partner, hustling to do the impossible "a restaurant in the Bronx" . As a native San Franciscan who worked in a number of restaurants, and who has been around the Citys edgy restaurant and bar scene, for years, with a taste for grittiness, this show speaks volumes to me. Absolutely love it. Salut!
Jun 6, 2016
9
Great performance by Schwimmer - liked him more than I thought I would in this role. Love the farcical nature of the show as backdrop to two friends trying to get their lives back together doing what they love. Can't wait to see what the writers' have in store as the season goes on. Can already tell this a 'more than it seems' type of story. Great hour of television in my opinion.
Jun 3, 2016
50
Where Bourdain and Melville go to painstaking lengths to describe the addictions, hardships, and unending effort that went into the toils at the center of their tales, Feed the Beast only expresses a basic admiration for the process and love for the end product, which makes [creator Clyde] Phillips's perspective feel more like that of a hungry customer than of a relentless artist in the kitchen.
Jun 3, 2016
42
The most frustrating part of Feed the Beast is that it feels like there's a promising show buried underneath all the superficial aping of other series.
Jun 3, 2016
40
Tommy and Dion want so much for their lives and for their dreams of Thirio, but making it happen is a messy and scattered process. The same is true of Feed the Beast.
Jun 2, 2016
30
Its attempts to explore the motivations of a trouble-prone, hot-shot chef while mixing in observations about the persistence of organized crime in New York, and meditations on the grief process, all lack originality and bite.
Jun 2, 2016
20
It turns out that having your teeth pulled is a better metaphor for what it’s like to watch Feed the Beast than anything to do with fine food.
Oct 1, 2016
8
The acting was good, the premise wasn't original but it was interesting and the show was pretty entertaining. It's a shame it got cancelled because it could've been an even better show.
Jun 21, 2016
5
Schwimmer's acting and character are great, but Sturgess' character/acting is really getting on my nerves. Michael Gladis' acting is ok, but Im waiting for him to burst out singing 'Hello my baby' .. Sorry cant get past his character in Mad Men ;) Storyline seems ok, but somehow I'm not 'feeling' it.
Jun 6, 2016
3
Silliness. AMC doesn't have Heisenberg and Jesse cooking meth anymore--so instead they have close ups of some other guy cooking fancy food while hipster guitar licks play on the soundtrack. Those sequences are cringe worthy. The mob stuff doesn't work either. The only redeeming thing in the show? David Schwimmer isn't bad at all--can't say the same for the show. Bad misstep for AMC.
Jun 18, 2016
1
There is not one character that I like or even care what is going to happen to them. Too many conflicts happening and it seems to be flaying about looking for a plot.
Aug 3, 2016
0
An absolute embarrassment. Bad casting, bad script, terrible story line. Ridiculous. Can't even expound. Best part? A gorgeous kid who has nothing to say. Shame. Shame. Shame.
