{"id":3777,"date":"2014-12-06T08:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2015-01-03T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T13:44:15","slug":"le-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3777","title":{"rendered":"Le Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3529\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?attachment_id=3529\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3529\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/le_chef_the_chef_french_film_jean_reno31_converted.jpg?resize=326%2C284\" alt=\"Le Chef, Michael Youn, Jean Reno\" width=\"326\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Reno &amp; Michael Youn in Le Chef<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OK, so the critics didn\u2019t much like this frothy French comedy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cf2Nk3Ld8Og\">trailer<\/a>) directed by Daniel Cohen, but the French can serve up a blundering wunderkind better than anyone else. Aspiring chef Jacky (Micha\u00ebl Youn) is called in to save the day for the three-star wonder Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno), who may be on the verge of losing a coveted rating star and his restaurant in the bargain. There\u2019s never a moment\u2019s doubt how any of the plot lines of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00M3MCWJA\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00M3MCWJA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=HXWNYMUDC7CDHYNE\"><em>Le Chef<\/em><\/a> will resolve, but it\u2019s the whole meal that makes this movie fun.<\/p>\n<p>It was released last summer in the United States around the same time as the American comedy <em>Chef<\/em>, which created some box office confusion. Sweet and light as a perfect dessert souffl\u00e9, this French offering is a good antidote to, say, the Nightly News. Curmudgeonly Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a mere 48% rating, but audiences liked it more (59%). Said Moira MacDonald in the <em>Seattle Times: Le Chef<\/em> may not be a masterpiece, but it\u2019s nonetheless a treat. Some days, that\u2019s just right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so the critics didn\u2019t much like this frothy French comedy (trailer) directed by Daniel Cohen, but the French can serve up a blundering wunderkind better than anyone else. 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