HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

One of my favorite "Chef/Food" movies! Had to buy it even though I have watched it ten times already!

I loved this story! Set in a beautiful French country side. Both restaurants were places that I'd eat at! I really loved that the people came to a point of mutual admiration and respect!

Very inspirational movie. On my journey to myself become a chef!!!!!

Love the journey through for this family and their love of food. Great rom com that my family can watch multiple times.

worth the watch-

The Hundred-Foot Journey is a warm, charming film that beautifully blends culture, food, and personal growth. The story of an Indian family opening a restaurant across from a Michelin-starred French establishment is full of heart and flavor — literally and figuratively. Helen Mirren delivers a great performance, and the chemistry between the cast makes it easy to get emotionally invested. The visuals of the food are mouthwatering, and the message about bridging cultural divides is handled with grace. I’m giving it 4 stars only because the pacing slows down a bit in the middle, but overall, it’s a lovely, feel-good movie that leaves you smiling (and hungry)!

If you love the incredible scenery of southern France, if you love French cooking and Indian cuisine, if you love what being in a connected ,functioning family with all the disagreements, means in one's life, if you love stories about overcoming adversity to fulfill who you really are, if you love Helen Mirren's multifaceted acting abilities, and love to see her with a cast of characters just as determined, strong, picturesque, and funny, you will find this film a positive benefit!The filmmakers unfolded this story in an immediately catching way, and continued it steadily with mostly gentle ups, downs, funny conflicts, tests of faith, and adversity to a heart felt and very satisfying ending.It begins in India, with a family of "cooks" (their word for the deep sensual and heart knowledge of how to put food together to make it celebrate life and honor the costs of having to kill in order to eat and survive), who had a two or three generation restaurant that succeeded until an election, the results of which did not agree with a mob, which took out their anger on the restauranteurs, setting the place on fire. The family lost everything, including the beautiful and much beloved mother, who had been imbuing her younger son with the skill and deep understanding of food and cooking. They decide first to go to England, but, alas, as Poirot says, the English have no cuisine and do not respect their vegetables. Buying a funny old blue truck, they travel to France, but not without amusing mishap, ending up in the old, abandoned restaurant, 100 feet across the road from the MIchelin coveted one starrestaurant Helen Mirren's character inherited from her deceased husband. She is stiff, unwelcoming, perfect inher manners and (French)accent, commanding,and ready to protect her territory. A riotously funny "war" between the now two restauranteurs ensues. The father of the Indian family of five, is just as strong, but a bit more gentlethan she, so the teeth gnash and the knives clash, but in the spirit of having the perfect enemy with whom to wagewar. So there is no bloodshed until her top chef takes it into his spirit to stop the competition by harm. This seems to be a turning point for Mirren's character; she dismisses him.Meanwhile, the youngest son,Hassan, the one taught by his mother, is interested in expanding his passion for learning all he must know about the preparation and presentation of life enhancing food. So he, in contrast, is thesecond melody, one for connecting, integrating, sharing, learning, and uniting whereas Mirren and Papa, are head to head in competition. In fact her whole life has been that strict aloneness and single-mindedness to overcome competition. The story then evolves through Hassan's choices to fulfill his dream. So for this to happen, after creating some unity and amity between the two cultures and restaurant menus, he must leave them. Hasn't this happened to most of us? We have to go away, to find out what we really value. (So you see I have l left the particulars, which are delightful, out, so you can experience them, but the overall direction remains as theskeleton.) There is much beauty, heart and humour to cheer you, and make you fall again in love with life andliving and what happens when you follow your heart based intuition.

Excellent movie and wonderful story!