Le Chef (2012)

About 50,000 calories worth of truly beautiful food parades by us in this French comedy. The movie itself doesn’t show the same sublime craftsmanship. The filmmaking equivalents to this film’s two world-class chefs, Jean Reno and Michaël Youn (as the old and new masters, respectively, who work to save a restaurant from corporate creeps who demand more trendy fare on the menu), might blanch at some of the easy laughs here and stock characters. It’s high on fluff and low on wit. On the other hand, a nice chocolate mousse is fluffy, too, and I wouldn’t have any complaints about that. This is a light film that aspires to little more than a breezy good time with effects borrowed from old screwball movies and classic comedy templates. See it and forget about it, though you’ll likely be hungry afterward.