The Taste of Things
2023, drama, love
135 minutes
Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook...
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10
2024-03-12
Phenomenal performances are strengthened with excellent dialogue and a director with a chef’s eye for details. Read more
8.3
2024-01-06
The Taste of Things is impressive, and, if you afford it some patience, it may wrap you into a warm and melancholy embrace. Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel are also phenomenal. Read more
8.0
2024-02-17
Within this narrow setting, Tran’s light touch and genial script centers the story on Eugénie and Dodin’s love and respect for one another, and how the two intersect personally and professionally. Read more
8.0
2024-02-17
That very journey of the human condition is paced like the plates of one meal to the next. Read more
8.0
2024-02-09
Think of Phantom Thread if Daniel Day Lewis's dressmaker wasn't a narcissist but simply an adoring lover who delighted in creating dresses for his lover, and you'll have an idea of the dynamic here. Read more
8.0
2024-01-09
Fans of French cinema and/or foodie movies should definitely seek this one out... Read more
6.0
2024-02-11
The Taste of Things may not move mountains, but all in there is grace and melancholic bliss, making it a sensory experience worth savoring. Read more
6.0
2024-02-08
With The Taste of Things, writer and director Trần Anh Hùng’s serves up a generous slice of salivating cinema. His sumptuous vision is French food-porn at its finest, but the story itself could’ve used a little more seasoning. Read more
5.0
2023-05-24
While not particularly hard to stomach, with a gently marinated, softly seared storyline and tasteful acting, The Pot-au-Feu also lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. Read more
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7.0
2023-12-03
Le Pot-Au-Feu is zonder twijfel de lekkerste film van het jaar. Alles sfeervol gefilmd en een overvloed aan lekker eten en drinken. Zoveel eten zelfs dat men te weinig tijd had om het verhaal tot in perfectie uit te werken. Read more
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