Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Good movie but grossly overrated

A Disappointing Continuation

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I certainly enjoyed this film and it made me smile. IMDb classes this as comedy and drama but I wouldn't say there is much drama in it. You know who will fall in love and the plot follows exactly the journey you expect. It's not on the level of something like Four Weddings where you laugh, you cry, you smile, you cover your mouth with your hand in shock but it's still worth a watch if you want a little heart warming and not much of a challenge.Manish Dayal (Hassan) and Charlotte Le Bon (Marguerite) are the eye candy but the real stars here are, of course, Helen Mirren (Madame Mallory) and Om Puri (Papa). Their initial warring did make me smile, though it isn't laugh out loud, and their eventual romance is genuine and subtle.Everyone has a heart of gold and those who don't are (as with all good comedy romances) served their just desserts following their indiscretions.Helen Mirren yet again proves how much she deserves that Oscar. You really can't go wrong when you see her name in the cast.

This is NOT a foodie movie. It is dumbed down Hollywood crap. It is full of dull clichés. It had so much potential, and wasted all of it trying to appeal to all and sundry. A genuine movie would have had French people speaking French, Indian speaking Indian, with subtitles and only English when they speak to each other. The setting and the light is beautiful, the rest is completely forgettable.

This movie is the gem of all spices. Sweet, sour, spicy and bitter, i thas everything and yet it blends it so well, stirs it so good, creating flavor out of thin air, encasing wisdom where none may dwell. The scenes are beautifully lit, the landscape is gorgeously depicted into a Turkish delight for your eyes, you get a sense of art and yet its moving and thrilling. The director thought to follow a different line than the one usually depicted as "generic" and obtained something so valuable yet uniquely so, appetizing. You can literally taste this movie, each moment and sip it as if you'd enjoy a sparkling wine along side a full course meal. The protagonist is your ideal person, unchained by arrogance yet bound by desire and hope, he is able to forge his path in the midst of strife yet unyielding and committed even in peril and adversity. The two parents are an idiom of experiences and memories, bringing together the generation and cultural gap of two different eras. Their families aren't just there for support and to offer doubt or confidence, but they act, they live and breath as if they were real. The whole village-town scene, the market, coffee shops, town hall and so forth, is the proof of "union cuisine", merging two different styles and cultures into one, creating a new history and a new culture. A symbiosis with no equal, this is the true 3 star of this movie. I highly recommend it. Regards, Syrus G

This movie is fantastic and brilliant and yet so much more. There are no words that I can use to justify or describe the absolute beauty of this film. It is Truly a phenomenal piece of work and it should be considered one of the greatest films of all time.Their are many great directors, producers and actors in Hollywood who have become a-list players in the movie industry and rightfully so based on previous works. They have earned their reputations and status as the greats because we the people nominated them. But as consumers we believe that whenever we see their names we are guaranteed great entertainment only to find out all too often that we are let down based on the preconceived fame that we granted to them. This is the sad part about Hollywood...At the end of the day they could not care less about us-the people who gave them their fame. Whether the production is a total flop Hollywood is a business and we are used as pawns to make sure at the very least they break even. So my point being is far too often we are consumed by grandeur and corporate advertising listing big name players only to be completely disappointed. And this being said, my review is that this small movie with no advertising and comes out of nowhere and is a true Hollywood gem. I knew nothing about it and stumbled upon it by chance and it was truly a diamond in the rough. You be the judge.Anyhow I am just a regular person and truth be told my opinion will never be heard nor will it matter to anyone.But my final words...oyu will not be disappointed