In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Tampopo has generally received very positive reviews.
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Tampopo was released in 1985 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 404 reviews, giving Tampopo (1985) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 84%.
With a score of 83%, Tampopo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
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