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Movie Info

French chef Sébastien Bras prepares to take control of the world-renowned restaurant of his celebrated father, Michel.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Paul Lacoste
Producer:

Gaëlle Bayssière, Didier Creste
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 14, 2012 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$31.9K
Runtime:

1h 26m

Cast & Crew

Michel Bras

Sébastian Bras

Paul Lacoste
Director

Gaëlle Bayssière
Producer

Didier Creste
Producer

News & Interviews for Step Up to the Plate

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Critic Reviews for Step Up to the Plate

All Critics (27) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (9)

A pleasurable, if drama-free portrait of French chef Michel Bras as he begins the handover of his three-star Michelin restaurant to his son, over the course of four seasons.

December 7, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
Lacoste threatens to lose his audience several times with the deliberate pacing of his doc, which takes too long to get things to the table in most cases.

December 6, 2012 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
A cerebral, dirge-paced outline of a father-son dynamic that asks the audience to fill in too many narrative and emotional gaps.

October 11, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
It's an intimate and immaculate film, modest in its goals and greatly affecting.

September 24, 2012 | Full Review…

Bruce Diones
New Yorker
It's pretty delicious.

September 21, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
The second shot alone makes the ensuing 80 or so minutes even more enjoyable.

September 20, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
More food porn...Though the celebrity status accorded chefs has gone way out of control, this is actually not a bad little documentary.

December 7, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Jim Schembri
3AW
An intimate, immaculate doco that ends up a stirring but unsentimental meditation on tradition and family.

November 29, 2012 | Full Review…

Lex Hall
FILMINK (Australia)
The film attempts to tell the story of father Michel handing over his restaurant business to son Sbastien, but it makes a botch of it

November 24, 2012 | Full Review…

Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile
Paul Lacoste's documentary about the gastronomic lifestyle of the Bras family... explores the men beyond their reputations in the world of fine cuisine, where Michelin Stars are priceless diamonds on a dark and starless night

November 24, 2012 | Full Review…

Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
Culinary idolatry where the camera takes up residence in the kitchen of a world-renowned chef to gaze in awe.

October 12, 2012 | Rating: 6 | Full Review…

Kirk Honeycutt
honeycuttshollywood.com
There are some interesting father/son dynamic moments in the film that give it some merit. But I thought JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, which was released earlier this year, was much more focused and pretty much the same story.

October 12, 2012 | Rating: 2.5 | Full Review…

Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Step Up to the Plate

Dec 06, 2012

A delightful story of the change over of a restaurant from father to son. I could sit and watch the goings on in a top kitchen for ages. The attention to detail and taste is absolutely fascinating.

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