Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 03/04/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Carol Fuchs adapts writer/director
Sandra Nettelbeck's screenplay for the 2001
romantic drama Mostly Martha for this
Scott Hicks directed remake starring
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Aaron Eckhart, and
Patricia Clarkson.
Kate Armstrong (
Jones) is the master chef who is equally intense both in and out of the kitchen. Though
Kate's "Type A" personality serves her well when whipping up meals in the trendy Manhattan eatery where she has made a name for herself, it threatens to sink her when she is named as the guardian of her nine-year-old niece
Zoe (
Little Miss Sunshine's
Abigail Breslin). To complicate matters, an impetuous new sous chef named
Nick Palmer (
Eckhart) has recently joined the kitchen staff and his freewheeling personality seems to stand in direct opposition to
Kate's unwavering perfectionism. Yet, despite the fact that they couldn't be more different on the surface, there's no denying the strong attraction between
Kate and
Nick. As the rivalry between the competitive cooks gradually gives way to romance, the lessons learned by compromising in the kitchen reveal to
Kate the importance of learning to openly express herself in order to truly connect with
Zoe and find romance with the good-natured
Nick.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
