Review of Eat This New York (2004) by Tony U — 07 Sep 2008
A very boring and pretentious documentary. Given that I love documentaries and New York, this slam does not come lightly.
The focus of someone wanting to suceed in the restaurant business in New York proved to be a very useless bit of documentary material. Then showing the success of owners who "survived" made it seem like a commercial to eat at Nobu's or where ever. But in the end, the cliche jazzy background music and the desires of a person in the restaurant business proved to just the material I needed to be able to fall asleep.
The main characters lacked any charisma and I'm most certain that they probably will not succeed because I didn't even write down the name of their restaurant.
For some reason, I cynically believe that this movie were the restaurant owner's hedge of getting money in case their investment in the restaurant business didn't succeed.
"I Like Killing Flies" a documentary of an interestingly mad chef who survived the Manhattan restaurant scene despite his edgy behavior and personality was a far more entertaining documentary on restaurants in New York.
This review of Eat This New York (2004) was written by Tony U on 07 Sep 2008.
Eat This New York has generally received mixed reviews.
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