Imagine being a small child and you are sitting in a kitchen watching someone making a fabulous dessert. There is a sense of anticipation and fun as you observe the ingredients being measured out. You are enthralled as the eggs are being cracked and the flour is being sifted. You’re not sure what the final result is going to be, but it has to be sweet based on all its parts. For now you are enjoying the process. If all goes right, you’ll have a tasty treat in the end. That’s how I felt watching Soul Kitchen.
Soul Kitchen is not a great movie, but it is a lot of fun. Adam Bousdoukos plays a Greek-German dreamer who has bought an industrial building and doing all the work him self, has converted it into a restaurant. His menu is uninspired, mainly fried fish and hamburgers, but his working-class clientele keep coming back for more. He’s barely getting by, but he is making it work. It is his love life that needs resurrecting.
Zinos is distressed because his girlfriend is leaving soon for China. She wants him to follow her, but he can’t find anyone he trusts to run his restaurant. During a family farewell dinner thrown by her rich parents at an exclusive eatery, the chef quits when a guest insists that his gazpacho be served warm. Zinos follows the surly chef outside to praise his fine cooking. On a lark, he hires him and his entire life is turned upside down. This crazy knife throwing chef (Birol Unel) is temperamental, but a genius. Soon the Soul Kitchen is the hottest place in town and now Zinos really can’t leave. He desperately wants to be with his girlfriend but his restaurant keeps getting in the way.
Like a screwball comedy, everything happens at once, Zinos injures his back, his ex-con brother shows up, an old school friend is trying to steal his property and a gangster is trying to force him out. Add to that a high maintenance chef, a surly waitress, a rock band employee in need of a place to practice, and a determined tax collector and Zinos has more than he can handle. The script is all over the place, but it is fun, if a little too messy. And I enjoyed the process even if the final result was not as sweet as I hoped. At least we don’t have to clean up the kitchen.
Rating: Rent It A pleasant way to spend an evening, bring snacks
About Me
- Melanie Wilson
- My Reviewer's Philosophy: I believe that every film has its audience. One man’s Citizen Kane is another man’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre. My purpose is to help you spend your entertainment dollars wisely. A bad review never kept me from going to a film I wanted to see, but a good review will sometimes get me to a film I never considered. As a movie lover I want you to go to the movies. When more people go to the movies, the more movies get made. But, I also believe that if you enjoy the films you see, you naturally will be inclined to go more often. So join me in supporting our film industry by going to a movie today. Hopefully I can steer you towards a good one. See you at the movies. Melanie Wilson
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