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Burnt offers a few spoonfuls of compelling culinary drama, but they're lost in a watery goulash dominated by an unsavory main character and overdone clichés.
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Burnt is, to be clear, not a good movie. It is in fact a pretty terrible movie. Jul 22, 2016 | Full Review…
Burnt is, to be clear, not a good movie. It is in fact a pretty terrible movie.
Megan Garber
Never comes to life, with each two-dimensional character mouthing platitudes designed to tell you what to think about them. Nov 3, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Never comes to life, with each two-dimensional character mouthing platitudes designed to tell you what to think about them.
Peter Bradshaw
A macho foodie fantasy with Cooper as a swaggering sex god in an apron. If this were a comedy, it would be brilliant. Oct 30, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
A macho foodie fantasy with Cooper as a swaggering sex god in an apron. If this were a comedy, it would be brilliant.
Rafer Guzman
Lots of quick cuts and kitchen close-ups - of gas stoves, buttery saucepans and stock characters concentrating preciously on haute cuisine - and lots of unmoving melodrama. Oct 30, 2015 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Lots of quick cuts and kitchen close-ups - of gas stoves, buttery saucepans and stock characters concentrating preciously on haute cuisine - and lots of unmoving melodrama.
Brad Wheeler
Bound to inspire headlines full of tiresome kitchen wordplay: "half-baked," "underdone," "lacks seasoning." What it really is, though, is late for dinner. Oct 29, 2015 | Full Review…
Bound to inspire headlines full of tiresome kitchen wordplay: "half-baked," "underdone," "lacks seasoning." What it really is, though, is late for dinner.
Neil Genzlinger
Unless you also want a tremendous side of ego and hearty helping of yelling, Burnt may be a dish to skip. Oct 29, 2015 | Full Review…
Unless you also want a tremendous side of ego and hearty helping of yelling, Burnt may be a dish to skip.
Sandy Cohen
Burnt has a talented cast, and the ham-fisted script doesn't do them any favors. Jan 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Burnt has a talented cast, and the ham-fisted script doesn't do them any favors.
Amanda Greever
With watered down performances and underdeveloped storylines, "Burnt" needs a bit more seasoning, more time to rise and better ingredients to give us the melt-in-your-mouth film. Aug 22, 2018 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
With watered down performances and underdeveloped storylines, "Burnt" needs a bit more seasoning, more time to rise and better ingredients to give us the melt-in-your-mouth film.
Pamela Powell
I'm sending it back. Oct 25, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
I'm sending it back.
Matthew Bond
The whole romantic subplot is really off putting. Oct 16, 2017 | Full Review…
The whole romantic subplot is really off putting.
Sarah Marrs
Burnt may be awash in enough images of gastronomic delight to satisfy any foodie, but dramatically it's as familiar and predictable as macaroni and cheese. Oct 9, 2017 | Full Review…
Burnt may be awash in enough images of gastronomic delight to satisfy any foodie, but dramatically it's as familiar and predictable as macaroni and cheese.
M. Faust
The final presentation is quite clean and well composed, but lacking in passion to stimulate our narrative palates. Sep 21, 2017 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
The final presentation is quite clean and well composed, but lacking in passion to stimulate our narrative palates.
tt stern-enzi
Once you get past the pretence of extreme badassery that it tries to convey in the culinary field, Burnt really picks up as a tense drama with believable dynamic characters. With an emphasis on edgy direction, well crafted dialogue and a talented cast the film brings together a story of redemption in the seemingly unforgiving "battlefield" of modern cuisine. Unfortunately as the story speeds through it's edgy montages and thrilling character interactions it just as quickly hits the breaks to slow down to a melodramatic feel good ending. This unexpected shift in tone and storytelling comes off as a stylistic cop out... somewhat unsatisfactory. Still if there's anything to brag about its the craft of making Burnt that really shines. An extremely well directed, acted and written piece of moviemaking.
Super Reviewer
I've seen Burnt pretty consistently panned for having an unlikable leading character. I reject that concept. I don't mean that I personally found Bradley Cooper's character to be likeable, I just don't agree that a rude protagonist makes for a bad film. That all said, I was thoroughly underwhelmed by Burnt irrespective of Cooper's character (though his portrayal of said character was, as one would expect, fantastic). Watch Kitchen Confidential for the exact same thing done with heart.
Although some parts of the story seem a bit warmed over, Bradley Cooper is hot and Sienna Miller's quite saucy. However, as with Michelin's ranking system, it's not possible to award "Burnt" any more than three stars.
A delightful treat, Burnt is an entertaining character drama. The story follows a renowned chef who teams up with an old friend in order to launch a new restaurant in the hopes of getting a third Michelin star. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, and Alicia Vikander lead the cast and deliver strong performances. And the writing does an impressive job at making the culinary world exciting and fun. It's also quite good at developing the characters and hints at a complicated history between them. Additionally, the sets and culinary dishes are especially well-craft, creating an authentic look and feel. Some may find it to be a little too inside baseball, but at its core Burnt tells a captivating story about redemption and the drive to better one's self.
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