The Hundred-Foot Journey News
Weekend Box Office: ‘Turtles’ Take Box Office
New in Theaters: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' 'Step Up: All In,' 'Into the Storm,' 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'
Director Lasse Hallström is in the “nice” movie business. With a knack for drama (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Cider House Rules) and romance (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Chocolat, and two Nicholas Sparks adaptations), the Swedish filmmaker routinely braves the dangerous waters of sentimentality to tell stories of nice people surviving not-so-nice realities.
The Hundred-Foot Journey is quintessential Hallström. A fairy tale of compassion and good taste, the adaptation of Richard C. Morais' novel is assembled from familiar ingredients into dramatic comfort food.
- USA Today: Trailer: 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'
- AintItCool: Capone's Art-House Round-Up w/ A HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, CALVARY, A MASTER BUILDER, and ALIVE INSIDE
- Denver Post: Review: "Hundred-Foot Journey" a foodie culture clash
- USA Today: Screening Room: 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Hundred-Foot Journey': What the Critics Are Saying
The Hundred-Foot Journey
In “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai.