No Reservations (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Scott Hicks

Writers (WGA):

Carol Fuchs (screenplay)
Sandra Nettelbeck (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 juillet 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Romance

Accroche:

Something's Cooking This Summer

Plot:

The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Chef | Kitchen | Manhattan | Guardian

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Very likable even for a formula romcom, mainly because of the terrific casting

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5

3:00 PM

MAX

Ensemble

Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Kate
Aaron Eckhart	...	Nick
Abigail Breslin	...	Zoe
Patricia Clarkson	...	Paula
Jenny Wade	...	Leah
Bob Balaban	...	Therapist
Brian F. O'Byrne	...	Sean
Lily Rabe	...	Bernadette
Eric Silver	...	John
Arija Bareikis	...	Christine
John McMartin	...	Mr. Peterson
Celia Weston	...	Mrs. Peterson
Zoë Kravitz	...	Charlotte
Matthew Rauch	...	Ken
Dearbhla Molloy	...	Anna

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mostly Martha (USA) (working title)
Untitled Scott Hicks Film (USA) (working title)
Le goût de la vie (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Table pour trois (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some sensuality and language.

Durée:

104 min

Pays:

USA | Australia

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Finland:K-3 | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | Denmark:A | South Africa:A | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:Tous | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | USA:PG (certificate #43219) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Basel-Stadt) | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:I | Taiwan:GP | Philippines:G

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Nick jokingly tells Kate that in Italian, tiramisu means "food of the gods." In actuality, tiramisu literally means "pick me up."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kate and Leah are buying truffles and Leah's water breaks, Kate hands the truffle back to the dealer at one point and then in the next shot, she has it in her hand again.

Guillemet:

Therapist: Kids like fishsticks...
Kate: I can't believe I'm actually paying for these suggestions.

Movie Connections:

Features Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sway

Very likable even for a formula romcom, mainly because of the terrific casting

Very likable even for a formula romcom, mainly because of the terrific casting and performances of the actors.

The forever beautiful and talented Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, The Mask of Zorro) is spot on as Kate, a workaholic chef at hoity toity 22 Bleeker. Kate unexpectedly inherits her niece Zoe, played tremendously well by Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine). Real-life motherhood must have enabled Zeta-Jones to show her softer side with the restraint her character called for.

Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking, Black Dahlia) is Nick, the Italian-trained, opera-singing, charismatic new chef who invades Kate's precision-perfect French kitchen. Nick is Kate's quintessential opposite and eventually helps her sort out her trust issues and even enhances her parenting skills.

It is refreshing to see CZJ back on the silver screen where she belongs, and playing a non-glamorous character for once, even sans makeup in some scenes. At 38 years old, that is a brave feat indeed (and this courage is consistent with all the flawed characters she likes to play).

Her on screen chemistry with Eckhart is positively sizzling, and his cockiness to her coolness effectively makes you forget about the trite plot. While Zeta-Jones has also been criticized for being too beautiful for the role of a lonely chef, that is actually one of the ironies of life that this movie uncovers: beauty and talent doesn't really guarantee bliss.

Despite the awful MTV-like montage of the trio grocery shopping and the rest of the unspectacular elements, overall, the movie makes you feel for the characters. You leave the cinema all warm and fuzzy, and that makes the execution of No Reservations a success.