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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, RoviCast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones - Kate
- Aaron Eckhart - Nick
- Abigail Breslin - Zoe
- Patricia Clarkson - Paula
- Jennifer Wade - Leah
Credit
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Steven Graham - Art Director, Daniel Paikin - Boom Operator, Ronna Kress - Casting, Chris Giarraputo - Consultant/advisor, Daniele Sbordi - Consultant/advisor, Michael White - Consultant/advisor, Luis Neito - Consultant/advisor, Michael Riesman - Conductor, Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda - Co-producer, Melissa Toth - Costume Designer, Stev Taylor - Costume Designer, Arlynn Absenk - Costume Designer, Cara Czekanski - Costume Designer, Jeffrey Wetzel - First Assistant Director, Scott Hicks - Director, Pip Karmel - Editor, Susan Cartsonis - Executive Producer, Bruce Berman - Executive Producer, Elisabeth Fry - Hair Styles, Karyn Huston - Hair Styles, Jackie Payne - Hair Styles, Jean Chien - Location Manager, Philip Glass - Composer (Music Score), John Bissell - Musical Direction/Supervision, Elisabeth Fry - Makeup, Cindy Williams - Makeup, Margie Durand - Makeup, Bruce MacCallum - Camera Operator, Stephen Consentino - Camera Operator, Barbara Ling - Production Designer, Stuart Dryburgh - Cinematographer, Kerry Heysen - Producer, Sergio Aguero - Producer, T.J. O'Mara - Sound/Sound Designer, Jodi Michelle Pynn - Stunts, Keith Siglinger - Stunts, Kacie Borrowman - Stunts, Samantha MacIvor - Stunts, G.A. Aguilar - Stunts Coordinator, Blaise Corrigan - Stunts Coordinator, Steve Kirshoff - Special Effects Supervisor, Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda - Unit Production Manager, Carol Fuchs - Screenwriter, Glenn Newnham - Special Effects Editor, Andrew Neil - Special Effects Editor, Frances Fiore - Unit Publicist, Carlos Omar Guerra - First Assistant Camera, Braden Belmonte - First Assistant Camera, Timothy Metivier - First Assistant Camera, Sebastian Almeida - First Assistant Camera, George Patsos - Key Grip, William Patsos - Key Grip, Suzana Peric - Music Editor, Kevin James - Post Production Coordinator, Natalie Mandel - Post Production Coordinator, Sylvia Walker Wilson - Post Production Supervisor, Erica Kay - Production Supervisor, Diana E. Burton - Properties Master, Roger Savage - Re-Recording Mixer, Andrew Neil - Re-Recording Mixer, Christine Wilson - Script Supervisor, Fred Buchholz - Special Effects Coordinator, Stephen Consentino - Steadicam Operator, David C. Lee - Still Photographer, Glenn Newnham - Supervising Sound Editor, Livia Ruzic - ADR Editor, Edward Pisoni - Assistant Art Director, Marion Kolsby - Assistant Art Director, Leah P. Katznelson - Assistant Costume Designer, John Milcetic - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician, Michael Grosky - Assistant Location Manager, Eric Papa - Assistant Location Manager, Justin Kron - Assistant Location Manager, Shelly Mittal - Assistant Location Manager, Sydney Leier - Assistant Location Manager, Matthew F. Preston - Assistant Production Coordinator, Kathryn Freund - Assistant Properties, Kris Moran - Assistant Properties, Anne Carson - Camera Loader, Chelsea Watson - Casting Assistant, Courtney Sheinin - Casting Associate, Gene Engels - Chief Lighting Technician, Kenneth D. Nelson - Construction Coordinator, Deirdre Williams - Costumes Supervisor, Benjamin Wilson - Costumes Supervisor, Nicole Feder - DGA Intern, Livia Ruzic - Dialogue Editor, Louis Sabat - Dolly Grip, Keith Bunting - Dolly Grip, Judy Pursley - First Assistant Accountant, David Birrell - First Assistant Editor, Mario Vaccaro - Foley Artist, Steve Burgess - Foley Editor, Jerry Decarlo - Key Hairstylist, Todd Kleitsch - Key Make-up, Jennifer Cote - Personal Assistant, Dale Amtsberg - Personal Assistant, Jessica Beiler - Personal Assistant, Marie Rodriguez - Personal Assistant, Joy Ellison - Personal Assistant, Jill Hewitt - Post Production Accountant, Brett Thornquest - Post Production Accountant, Tamara Bally - Production Accountant, Ryan Murphy - Second Assistant Editor, Henry Karjalainen - Second Assistant Editor, Daniela Barbosa - Second Second Assistant Director, Brian Mannain - Set Dresser, Chris Vogt - Set Dresser, Wayne T. Brackett - Set Dresser, Eric Lewin - Set Dresser, Robert Vogt - Set Dresser, Joseph M. DeLuca - Set Dresser, Julio Daniel Rodriguez - Set Dresser, Stephani DeLuca - Set Production Assistant, Casey Madigan - Set Production Assistant, Taylor Guterson - Set Production Assistant, Jon Shaw - Set Production Assistant, Jonathan Blitstein - Set Production Assistant, Jim Buckman - Transportation Captain, Marty Pepper - Visual Effects, Leslie Rollins - Set Decorator, Barbara Harris - ADR Voice Casting, Kim Maitland - Cable Person, James Sadek - Construction Foreman, Steve Burgess - Foley Recordist, Kirstin Liu - Production Secretary, Chester Coleman - Set Medic/First Aid, Michael Bird - Special Effects Technician, Richard Bryon Douglas - Special Effects Technician, Lorenzo Hall - Special Effects Technician, Joel Holland - Video Assist, James Domorski - Video Playback, Dennis Green - Video Playback, Julian Austin - Title Design, Erik Knight - Art Department Coordinator, Nancy Allen - Assistant Music Editor, Peter Soldo - Assistant Director, Christine Moosher - Assistant Set Decorator, Sandra Nettelbeck - From Screenplay by| No Regrets for Our Youth (1946 Film), No Regrets (2004 Film) | |
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No Reservations (film)
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| Directed by | Scott Hicks |
| Produced by | Kerry Heysen Sergio Aguero |
| Written by | Carol Fuchs Sandra Nettelbeck |
| Starring | Catherine Zeta-Jones Aaron Eckhart Abigail Breslin Patricia Clarkson |
| Music by | Philip Glass |
| Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Editing by | Pip Karmel |
| Studio | Castle Rock Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 2007 |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $92,601,050[1] |
No Reservations is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Scott Hicks. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin, the screenplay by Carol Fuchs is an adaptation of an original script by Sandra Nettelbeck, which served as the basis for the 2001 German film Mostly Martha, and revolves around a hard-edged chef whose life is turned upside down when she decides to take in her young niece following a tragic accident that killed her sister. Patricia Clarkson, Bob Balaban and Jenny Wade co-star, with Brían F. O'Byrne, Lily Rabe, and Zoe Kravitz—appearing in her first feature film—playing supporting roles.
The film received a mixed reception by critics, who found it “predictable and too melancholy for the genre”, resulting into an 41% overall approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Upon its opening release on July 27, 2007 in the United States and Canada, No Reservations became a moderate commercial success: The film grossed $12 million in its opening weekend, eventually grossing over $43 million at the domestic box-office and over $92 million worldwide. Breslin was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.
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Plot
Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is the master chef at the trendy 22 Bleecker Street Restaurant in Manhattan, New York. She runs her kitchen at a rapid pace as she coordinates the making and preparing of all the fantastic meals and personally displays the food to perfection on every dish. She intimidates everyone around her, so her boss Paula (Patricia Clarkson) sends her to therapy. Kate hates to leave the kitchen when a customer wants to compliment her on one of her special dishes, but she is ready to leave the kitchen in a second when a customer insults her cooking.
When Kate's sister is killed in a car accident, her nine-year old daughter Zoe (Abigail Breslin) moves in with Kate. With all of Kate's problems, Paula hires a new chef to join the staff: Nick Palmer (Aaron Eckhart) is a rising star in his own right and could be the head chef of another restaurant, but he wants to work under Kate. Kate begins to feel threatened by Nick, because he has a different style of running the kitchen. Nick loves to listen to opera when he cooks and to make the staff laugh. With all that is going on in Kate's life, falling for a man is the last thing she was looking for. There is some kind of chemistry between Kate and Nick that can only go one way. Yet life will hit her in the head when Kate's boss offers Nick the head chef job. But in the end, Zoe, Nick and Kate make their own bistro.
Cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Kate Armstrong
- Aaron Eckhart as Nicholas "Nick" Palmer
- Abigail Breslin as Zoe
- Patricia Clarkson as Paula
- Jenny Wade as Leah
- Bob Balaban as Therapist
- Brían F. O'Byrne as Sean
- Lily Rabe as Bernadette
- Arija Bareikis as Christine
- John McMartin as Mr. Peterson
- Celia Weston as Mrs. Peterson
- Zoë Kravitz as Charlotte
- Dearbhla Molloy as Anna
- Matt Servitto as Doctor
- Fulvio Cecere as Bob
Reception
Critical reception
- Rotten Tomatoes, an aggregate of reviews from published critics, showed only 35% reviewed it favorably.[2]
- Matt Zoller Seitz of The New York Times said, "What's unexpected and gratifying ... is the film's enlightened attitude toward parenthood and work, which the movie's publicity campaign conspicuously glosses over, even though it’s the story's driving force ... Make no mistake: No Reservations is a factory-sealed romantic comedy ... But the emotional details of Kate, Nick and Zoe’s journey are surprising, honest and life-size, and the film’s determination to present their predicament sympathetically, without appealing to retrograde ideals of femininity and motherhood, makes it notable, and in some ways unique."[3]
- Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated, "The movie is focused on two kinds of chemistry: of the kitchen, and of the heart. The kitchen works better, with shots of luscious-looking food, arranged like organic still lifes. But chemistry among Nick, Kate and Zoe is curiously lacking, except when we sense some fondness—not really love—between Zoe and her potential new dad ... the characters seem to feel more passion for food than for each other."[4]
- Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times called the film "one of those movies that presents life precisely and meticulously as it isn't, presumably as some kind of consolation for how it really is" and added, "With its simplistic compartmentalization of dueling personality types, kindergarten view of grown-up love, exquisite styling, overripe camera moves and lousy, overwrought score, the movie feels stubbornly, resolutely disingenuous and one-dimensional. Everything in it is designed to make you feel better, so why does it feel artificial and palliative in that really depressing way?"[5]
- Todd McCarthy of Variety observed, "Agreeably prepared and attractively presented, this remake of the tasty 2001 German feature Mostly Martha bears too many earmarks of Hollywood packaging and emotional button-pushing, but doesn't go far wrong by closely sticking to the original's smart story construction ... Scott Hicks' work cuts both ways, creating a warm cocoon that fosters engagement with the well-drawn characters while at the same time steering the material in softer-than-necessary directions and refraining from peeking any deeper into the main characters to suggest what makes them tick. Without question, Ratatouille deals more profoundly with the personality makeup and urges of a driven chef-as-artist than does this genial divertissement."[6]
Box office
No Reservations was released in 2,425 theaters in the US on July 27, 2007 and earned $11,704,357 and ranked fifth on its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed $43,107,979 in the US and $49,493,071 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $92,601,050.[7]
Awards and nominations
Abigail Breslin was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film by a Leading Young Actress for her performance as Zöe.
See also
References
External links
- No Reservations
- No Reservations at the Internet Movie Database
- No Reservations at AllRovi
- No Reservations at Rotten Tomatoes
- No Reservations at Metacritic
- No Reservations at Box Office Mojo
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