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No Reservations
starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Jenny Wade
directed by Scott Hicks

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• great I love this film
  this is a film about a woman (Kate) who is the head chef at this fancy restaurant. She is completely engulfed in her career. That she barely took time to sleep, much less stopping to smell the roses. That is until her sister and niece come to visit. But on their way there is a horrible car crash and the only survivor is her niece Zoe. Zoe, helps Kate learn to stop and smell the roses that life has to offer. And Kate helps Zoe learn to live with out her mother. And by never forgetting her mother Zoe realizes... more info

• Sweet Version Of "Hell's Kitchen." Poignant, Touching And Heartwarming.
  From director Scott Hicks comes a sweet story about love, loss and fire in the kitchen. "No Reservations" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin is a family version of the FOX TV hit "Hell's Kitchen." I half expected Chef Ramsay to come out and begin cussing everyone out. I loved this tender romance film. Coincidence that I saw this movie a week or two before "Waitress," a similarly-themed movie? I don't think so. While "Waitress" had some rougher language, this movie has a mild... more info

• What a sad copy of a tasteful original
  The original - Bella Martha - is a very tasteful (not superior but touching) German movie with actual people, somewhat melancholic but still a comedy (the soft, melancholic humor suits the story so much better than slapstick humor). Don't watch this, get the original. When comparing these two versions of the same story (in every detail), you can see a vast difference which, for me, lies mostly in the "reality" of the movie. In "Bella Martha" I "buy" it, the characters, the plot, the setting. In "No... more info

• Lugubrious Hybrid of the Food Network and Lifetime Makes for an Attractive But Bland Movie
  Despite what I recall of the advertising campaign last year, this soft-hearted 2007 film is far less a Food Network-derived romantic comedy than a Lifetime-oriented drama about grief and work/life balance. Directed by Scott Hicks (Shine) and written by first-timer Carol Fuchs, this film offers the most insightful peek into the workings of an upscale Manhattan restaurant since 2000's Dinner Rush (i.e., if you don't count last year's CGI-generated, French food-fest, Ratatouille), but it also seems intent in... more info

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