Way back when - actually on April 7 - I predicted I probably wouldn't like "No Reservations" - the "chef" movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones and that kid from Little Miss Sunshine. (Don't confuse it with Anthony Bourdain's excellent TV travel series, No Reservations. Tonight at 10 p.m. on the Travel Channel Tony goes back to his Les Halles kitchen. That's must-see TV.)
But, in a moment of weakness and in need of what I thought would be a good laugh, I recently rented said dumb flick.
Big waste of moo-lah and time. (It would be much better spent on, oh, say "Michael Clayton" or "La Vie En Rose.")
In other words, "No Reservations" was more stinky than week-old salmon.
Zeta Jones, who sported a sour puss throughout the movie, was about as believable and passionate about food as one of those super-skinny, scary-looking Olson twins.
Catherine, pack up your knives and go.
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Patricia, I can heartily recommend "Mostly Martha", an outstanding German movie from several years ago on which "No Reservations" was based. "MM" is a wonderful film.
As one critic said: " 'No Reservations', starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a persnickety New York chef, makes a corned beef hash out of 'Mostly Martha', the much-loved 2001 German film from which it has been Hollywoodized."
Sounds good. Thanks JoAnn!
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