Burnt (2015)

Directed by John Wells · Drama

Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio, Sam Keeley, Alicia Vikander, Matthew Rhys, Lily James, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Sarah Greene, Chelsea Li, Christopher Heskey, Henry Goodman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lexie Benbow-Hart, Bo Bene, Elisa Lasowski, Julian Firth, John Macdonald, Raphael Acloque, Richard Rankin, Martin Trenaman, Jody Halse, Erica Emm, Charlotte Hawkins, Morayo Akandé, Cynthia Garbutt

IHBM6 IMDb6.6 RT29% MC42 Trakt69% TMDb6.5Not bad

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

My review · Reviewed 09/19/2025

I think that main problem with this movie is that it tried to bite off more than it could chew. The first third of the movie was a whirlwind as it tried to create a backstory and set the stage for the rest of the movie. It was extremely thin and you could almost see the "to-do" boxes being checked off at the end of each scene. When the film slows down a bit towards the end, we get a bit more meat on the proverbial bone. I think the focus of the final scene was a wise decision by the filmmaker.