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Haute Cuisine

Haute Cuisine (2013)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 53% want to see it
    (114 ratings)

Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a renowned chef from Perigord, is astonished when the President of the Republic (Jean d'Ormesson) appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Elysée Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
DJ Re-Lay featuring Kathleen Moore
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 16, 2013 Limited
The Weinstein Company

Critic Reviews

  • Jim Schembri, 3AW

    Heaven help us. More food porn.

  • James Croot, Flicks.co.nz

    Feels slightly over-egged is with the script's repeated mantra of the importance of farm fresh ingredients.

  • Chris Cabin, Slant Magazine

    Offers all the ingredients for a great feast of enticing visions and thematic concerns, only to have them be prepared, plated, and served with the grace of Elmer Fudd.

  • Ed Gibbs, The Sun Herald

    A whimsical view of the woman who fuelled the corridors of power in France with culinary common sense.

  • Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

    An engaging enough film, with a few special moments amidst the procedural aspects; serious cooking always fascinates us foodies, and Hortense has a few appetizing and unique dishes with which to tempt us

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  • Carlos M


    Though enjoyable to watch, this film seems pointless and trivial, as it merely follows a woman in charge of preparing the meals for the President of France - and it never offers any real conflict to justify its existence.

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