Review of The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) by Brandon W — 24 Nov 2016

So after watching a pointless sequel to Big Momma House, I was very excited to see this movie, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. I honestly thought that it was going to be about Helen Mirren's character, but it was about an Hindi family that know how to cook, tries to find a home, and other stuff that I won't spoil about.

The chemistry between Om Puri and Charlotte Le Bob is great, and is way better than when the same director Lasse Hallström did Nicholas Sparks adaptations like Safe Haven and Dear John. The score by A.

R. Rahman is actually pretty catchy which I'm starting to take notice of him after 127 Hours and Million Dollar Arm. The acting is terrific, especially Helen Mirren who is probably one of the best parts of the movie: in sure that people might think that it's predictable or been done before, but for me it was unpredictable, and I haven't really watch much of the cooking movies, so I found it relatively new.

The script by Steven Knight is well done which I never expected him to write a cooking movie that is really good. The Hundred-Foot Journey is a very welcome form from Lasse Hallström that proves that he's better off directing films that aren't adaptations of Nicholas Sparks.