BURNT
In his ambitious attempt to open a world-class restaurant, cutting-edge chef Adam Jones encounters a platterful of obstacles -- which includes assembling a staff capable of helping him win a coveted third star in the Michelin guidebook.
Movie #1083 "Burnt" was an okay movie that was well edited. YES, well edited --- lots of making food, serving food, cutting it, placing it on the plate , all with music in the background -- The cast is quite capable, even over qualified because I didn't think Uma Thurman or Emma Thompson were used half as much as they should have been (maybe their scenes were on the cutting floor?) The story in some of the plot turns is hard to believe, and we are expected to find Bradley Cooper pretty deplorable in a bunch of scenes, so the film is tough to watch in parts --- this is no chef and you can esp. tell with the huge lack of humor (This director took most of the humor out of the very funny play (on stage) "August Osage County"), and he is very new at directing --- he's been a producer most of his career, and I'm thinking he might want to go back and do that because like I said, the film was edited well, no necessarily directed well --- thanks god he had a capable cast.
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