CHEF

I saw CHEF last night. For those of you who don't know, Chef is a new film written, directed and starring Iron Man director Jon Favreau. This marks the second film written and directed by Favreau and I have to say, it's a great feel good film. The movie stars Favreau as Carl Casper, a popular yet stifled chef who starts his own food truck in an effort to reinvent himself, strengthen his family and resharpen his admittedly dulled edge. The movie has got a good story and it's supporting cast, which includes heavyweight names like Dustin Hoffman, John Leguizamo, Sofiia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr, really do their part to fill out the flavor of this movie. This is kind of a mixture of Swingers and that Amy Adams movie Julie & Julia about the woman who bakes Julia Child's recipes if that makes any sense. If I could think of anything bad to say, I'd say that it does get a little dry in the middle but that's no reason not to see it. In short, it's one of those women's self discovery movies but its told from a dude's perspective, it's genuinely funny and it's actually about something real so go and check it out if you can. Chef gets a 4... out of 5.