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Nineteen-year-old Anthony Bourdain stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that shapes the course of his life.

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Exploring how the iconic Anthony Bourdain came to be with a scrappy coming-of-age story that's equal parts sweet and tart, Tony is a splendid tribute to mentorship, complete with a standout performance by Antonio Banderas.

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A poignant and heartfelt tribute to a complex culinary icon, Matt Johnson deftly directs Tony, delivering a crowd-pleasing, superbly cast portrait of Anthony Bourdain’s origin story.

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Geordie Gray

The Australian

1d

4.5/5

You might expect a film about Anthony Bourdain to have tragedy looming over it. And while Tony occasionally lets the future creep into frame...Johnson largely leaves them as intimations.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

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3.5/4

[Johnson’s] focus is on transporting us into this world with immediacy, scattering pertinent story details with a playful sense of spontaneity. However, everything is intentionally, precisely placed.

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Bethany Jean Clement

Seattle Times

6d

1.5/4

A truer-to-life “Tony” — with Bourdain’s burgeoning fascination with the real characters of restaurants taken from the page to center stage — would’ve been great.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

6h

2.5/4

...gripping subject matter that’s employed to watchable yet perpetually underwhelming effect...

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Charles Koplinski

Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam

21h

3.5/4.0

That you don’t lose interest in Bourdain, despite his boorish behavior, is a tribute to Sessa’s fine work.

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Brett Arnold

Yahoo.com

1d

There's just a warmth to everything here, from the texture of the photography to its characters.

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Marie

42m

Tony was good with good acting. It was only based on a Summer during Anthony Bourdain’s college career that drastically drew him away from writing to food.

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Alexander

7h

Was anthony bourdain this much of a hoe in real life?

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LK

14h

Great coming of age story!

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Scott

16h

Good movie. I was surprised the movie only focused on his early years.

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Kristina

16h

Movie was good but felt like there was more to the story behind the chef and wished I saw a glimpse of his life as a flashback.

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Elizabeth R

19h

If you are at all interested in the life of Anthony Bourdain, this movie is a gritty look into his early life. I got a sense of how badly he wanted to be a writer, yet accepted the circumstances he found himself in…temporarily. Easy to see how his future was informed from this summer experience.

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Synopsis

Nineteen-year-old Anthony Bourdain stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that shapes the course of his life.

Director: Matt Johnson
Producer: Tim White, Trevor White, Matthew Miller, Matt Johnson
Screenwriter: Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller, Todd Bartels, Lou Howe
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Star Thrower Entertainment, Zapruder Films
Rating: R
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 46m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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