For so brisk and entertaining a film, sharp in its observations but light in its touch, Cooking has unexpected substance and is a formidable accomplishment in that it brings dimension to its nearly 40 principal characters.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Because the stories are so skillfully threaded together, the movie doesn't feel like an exercise: Each of the stories stands on its own.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Her (Chadha) film tastily demonstrates that variety is the spice of not only American life, but of American cuisine.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Ty Burr
Like the meal itself, the movie's both filling and familiar.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
It's a meal you may feel you've eaten before, but you nonetheless walk away stuffed and happy.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Staff [Not Credited]
More interesting as a sociological study than successful as a movie, What's Cooking? gets more involving as it strolls along.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
This good-hearted but undersupplied ensemble piece is only appetizer-deep.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Like too many Thanksgiving dinners, too much squabbling really wreaks havoc on the digestion. Football, anyone?Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Amy Taubin
Trades in sitcom stereotypes and crosscuts predictably from family to family as if under the misapprehension that equal time is a dramatic principle.Read Full Review »
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