Burnt feels like the fallout of a much better film, and would probably work better as the third act of a MUCH more interesting movie. The actors try most certainly, but it’s a shallow, and uncooked meal for the most part. It’s got its moments of charm, but there’s no tension, and too many moments where the charm of some of the actors is the only thing holding it up. Burnt just kind of sucks. And that’s unfortunate. One of my favorite films of last year was Locke, written by Steven Knight who also wrote this, and I’m surprised a man who built one fleshed out character by putting him in a car can’t do right by a few less complicated, and stereotypical characters. But he can’t, and all of the characters just feel like smart alecks who can spit out good dialogue, but not much else. Heck, even in a movie where they’re supposed to be cooks they can’t even do that right. The food on the plates is as thin as the characters. The one good looking thing in the film is when a Burger King burger is being made, and that’s not that good. Bradley Cooper’s Adam Jones is a jerk, but a lovable enough one to keep the at least the surface of the film interesting. He can’t save the film though because by the end of the film his character doesn’t really amount to anything then a Gordon Ramsey clone. If you want to watch the best parts of this movie, just good watch an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, or Hell’s Kitchen. You’d be saving a good amount of money in doing this. The supporting characters don’t actually work to well either. Sienna Miller has a nice chemistry with the Cooper, but she’s just a mother with a daughter, who’s struggling; that’s all she is. It’s impossible for me to figure out how to analyze this movie because there’s nothing to grab onto here. There’s no substance. It’s the uplifting 3rd act of a better movie, and I wanted to see the other one. I give Burnt a 5 out of 10. REVEIW BY STEPHEN TRONICEK
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