When the Kadam household that is renowned for its culinary talent is forced to move out of their homeland, they end up trying their luck in various parts of Europe before setting foot in a village in the south of France. What happens when they clash with a local restaurant – a holder of the prestigious Michelin star, sets the backdrop of The Hundred Foot Journey.
Language:
English
Running Time:
122 min
Rating:
PG
Release date:
8 August 2014
Directed by:
Lasse Hallström
Produced by:
Steven Spielberg
Oprah Winfrey
Juliet Blake
Written by:
Steven Knight
Based on:
The Hundred-Foot Journey by
Richard C. Morais
Starring:
Helen Mirren
Om Puri
Manish Dayal
Charlotte Le Bon
Amit Shah
Music by:
A. R. Rahman
Shot by:
Linus Sandgren
Editing by:
Andrew Mondshein
Distributed by:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

What’s Hot

  • Helen Mirren and Om Puri – legends in their own rights, would impress any movie critic. The bickering and wrangling of the two restaurant owners does make a good watch and the Madame-Papa tussle is one of the key drivers of this flick. Mirren is outstanding at both projecting superciliousness and conveying the susceptibility beneath it. Puri matches her frame-to-frame and is ably portrayed as her admirable brawling companion.
  • If the seasoned-pair is extremely impressive, the next-gen duo of Manish Dayal and the gorgeous looking Charlotte Le Bon has proved that they are no novices either. Be it their professional rivalry or the suppressed feelings they harbor towards each other, they have made the most of their opportunities.
  • It is a typical east meets west kind of a story albeit the connection here happens via the gastronomic route. The story adapted from Richard C. Morais’ novel has been adeptly portrayed with vivid, sun-dappled views, set in the French village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val and bolstered by a high voltage background score from A.R.Rahman. When the story moves to Paris for a brief duration, the city’s grand splendor has been exquisitely captured to leave the audience spellbound.

What’s Not

  • At times, one does get a feeling that the hefty plot weighs down the movie and is on a mission to make you cry – drawing parallel to the Director Lasse Hallstrom’s Oscar-nominated Chocolat, though the difference being the Mirren-Puri pairing that is a saving grace.

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Cuisses de Grenouille or Kabab??? Bouillabaisse or Tandoori Chicken??? This is what The hundred-foot Journey is all about – It is a splendid, mouth-watering recipe laced with emotions, (s)plattered with love, stuffed with fun and deep-fried in multi-cultural diversity that gets better with every passing frame and ends up providing you the pleasure of indulging in a really good movie.