Chef (2014) movie poster

Chef (2014)

"Starting from scratch never tasted so good."
ThumbScore
👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 78%
Comedy

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Director
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.1/10 (3,580 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
68

Cast

Jon Favreau as Carl Casper · 74% avg
John Leguizamo as Martin · 70% avg
Bobby Cannavale as Tony · 69% avg
Emjay Anthony as Percy · 75% avg
Scarlett Johansson as Molly · 75% avg
Dustin Hoffman as Riva · 75% avg
Sofía Vergara as Inez · 68% avg
Oliver Platt as Ramsey Michel · 69% avg

Is Chef good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#450 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#24 / 295 · 2014
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 9 · Jon Favreau

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 27,590💬 1,108 comments
"Chef" by Jon Favreau is the only movie I've seen where all of the conflict is at the beginning of the movie and it slowly gets more and more lighthearted. It's like a backwards movie.
Towards the beginning of the movie, the main character has a ton of conflict, with his boss for creativity, with the food critic for just being... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Copying my comment from another Chef post I responded to: I love that nothing really bad happens..."
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