Scattered Frames: Want some curry, chato?
Hello everybody! Welcome to another edition of Scattered Frames 🙂 Today I share my thoughts on two films a bit on the lighter side: one made me feel so good and the other, well, it made me laugh a lot (at it).
Here are my impressions on The Hundred-Foot Journey and Cantinflas.
The Hundred-Foot Journey: What’s with Lasse Hallström and forced, yet effective, sentimentality? This dueling-restaurant dramedy takes itself a bit too seriously and more often than not it’s completely unrealistic but I couldn’t help but eat it all up. The film is funny and entertaining, it looks amazing (the striking food porn even bests the one in Chef), and features a talented, eclectic cast, where Helen Mirren is –of course- the standout. Besides, there are worse things to look at than impossibly handsome Manish Dayal and gorgeous Charlotte Le Bon (who seems like Audrey Tautou and Paz Vega’s love child) for an hour and a half. 3.5/5
Cantinflas: “Disappointed” doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings. This film had huge potential and it got squandered among ill-advised cameos, screenplay clichés and so much cheese. The production looks cheap (but wasn’t), the jokes fall flat and only Oscar Jaenada in the titular role seems to be doing an effort. Not excruciating but definitely terrible enough for its shortcomings to be fun. Whoever chose this one to be Mexico’s entry for the Foreign Film Oscar should be fired. I have a better shot at a nomination. 2/5
A Tautou Vega love child? Oh my word…
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Yes indeed. She is very much… sexy.. yes.. love… yes
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Hey, you also watched a food-movie! I’d watch The Hundred-Foot Journey just for Dame Mirren. Boy you said the food shots beats the ones in Chef? I better not watch it hungry then 🙂
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Yeah, you’ll want some French and/or Indian food afterwards! Hope you see it soon. It’s great fun 🙂
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Nice man. Not even heard of Catinflas, although will give it a miss based on your review 🙂
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Yep. It’s just not worth it.
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Ooo, I haven’t seen either of these yet, but I was interested in seeing The Hundred-Foot Journey at some point. Wow, the food porn must have been something in that movie!
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It was! Hope you check it out soon. Would love to hear your thoughts.
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I’m missing my weekly fix of C2C!!!!!!
On that note, good to see another SF. I think I’ll avoid both of these by a mile. A rental for The Hundred Foot Journey is certainly a possibility, though. I really liked Chef. I’m not so much a fan of Oprah Winfrey though and her ventures into film. Doesn’t that woman have enough money already?! lol
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AW, thanks, man. That’s very sweet. I’m trying. You know how it is!
LOL, she does have enough money already but hey, it’s not just a cash-grab. It’s a decent film.
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Haha yeah, that’s good. I only slightly kid, I thought she actually was great in Lee Daniels’ The Butler. I’m just jealous of her enormous wealth, I guess. . . lol!
And yeah, I def know how it is. I keep lamenting about how often I take breaks but a break to me right now is like a week. Which is. . you know. . .kind of a sign of an addict. ha!
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Yeah, she should write us a fat monthly check so we could blog for a living and quit our day jobs. It’d be like pennies to her!
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Right??
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Helen Mirren was incredible as always, but I didn’t expect Om Puri to match her in every scene. Loved them both.
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Will you ever be posting again? 😦
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I don’t know 😦
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Oh dear god. I hope you get a chance. And I hope you’re okay.
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Thanks, Alexander. That’s so sweet. And I am fine, thanks for worrying 🙂
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I’m with you on The Hundred Foot Journey, I found it to be a very easy watch and was pretty enjoyable. Mirren was great as always. Do you consider her leading or supporting?
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Leading, I guess, if I had to pick.
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