(I apologize for my English, I'm not a native speaker). Yesterday, I watched "Chef" in the theater. The trailer and cast seemed promising and I was expecting to watch an interpretive movie with plethora of character developments, and probably a very exciting plot. To my bewilderment, the movie was lacking most qualities that constitute a good movie. The casting seemed out of place, both with Robert Downey Jr. and especially with Sofia Vergara. The plot revolved around a happy- ending story about the so-called "American Dream". It was so predictable that I felt like I have watched the movie before.
In my opinion, and with all due respect to people who liked the movie, I believe it is completely overrated. It is a fun movie to watch and laugh at, and it has its moments, but it is just a feel-good comedy. Yeah, it talks about the interactions between humans (father-son, ex-husband/ex- wife, etc), their challenges, their hopes and despairs, but it does not do a worthy job at that. It mostly sticks to the superficial clichés without succeeding to go any deeper. Although the movie is categorized as comedy, it is not even that funny. So all in all, watch the movie if you have nothing else to watch, but do it with low expectations.
In my opinion, and with all due respect to people who liked the movie, I believe it is completely overrated. It is a fun movie to watch and laugh at, and it has its moments, but it is just a feel-good comedy. Yeah, it talks about the interactions between humans (father-son, ex-husband/ex- wife, etc), their challenges, their hopes and despairs, but it does not do a worthy job at that. It mostly sticks to the superficial clichés without succeeding to go any deeper. Although the movie is categorized as comedy, it is not even that funny. So all in all, watch the movie if you have nothing else to watch, but do it with low expectations.