Boiling Point
"There is no room for mistakes."
หัวหน้าพ่อครัวต้องรับมือกับวิกฤตในชีวิตส่วนตัวและอาชีพการงานมากมายในร้านอาหารชื่อดังแห่งหนึ่งในลอนดอน
"There is no room for mistakes."
หัวหน้าพ่อครัวต้องรับมือกับวิกฤตในชีวิตส่วนตัวและอาชีพการงานมากมายในร้านอาหารชื่อดังแห่งหนึ่งในลอนดอน
สตีเฟน เกรแฮม
Andy Jones
Vinette Robinson
Carly
Alice May Feetham
Beth
Jason Flemyng
Alastair Skye
Hannah Walters
Emily
Malachi Kirby
Tony
Izuka Hoyle
Camille
Taz Skylar
Billy
Lauryn Ajufo
Andrea
หัวหน้าพ่อครัวต้องรับมือกับวิกฤตในชีวิตส่วนตัวและอาชีพการงานมากมายในร้านอาหารชื่อดังแห่งหนึ่งในลอนดอน
Probably one of the best films I've ever seen. What a unique cinematographic approach -- by physically bringing you closer to the characters, you become part of the restaurant in a visceral way. Getting stressed alongside the actors really reminded me of *Grapes of Wrath*. Highly recommended.
'Boiling Point' is fab. Stephen Graham is excellent throughout, he has shown his quality as an actor to me many times down the years in different productions and this is no different - great actor. Cool to see him reunite with Alice Feetham onscreen, those two are good in TV's 'Save Me'. The rest of the cast are strong, including Vinette Robinson and Jason Flemyng. You can tell the dialogue is largely improvised, it feels a little unnatural in one or two moments but for the vast majority it comes across as real. The fact it was shot in one take also makes it all the more riveting. The film does a very fine job at showing the heat of the kitchen, literally. There are a few predictable bits (tables 7, 13), but also some scenes (Jamie) that are the opposite. All in all, it's very well made and highly watchable. I'd recommend it, for sure.
(CASTELLANO) Me ha parecido muy buena, sobre todo por lo realista que resulta en cómo enseña una cocina profesional cuando todo empieza a ir mal al mismo tiempo. No hace falta haber trabajado en restauración para notar el estrés, la presión, los egos, los fallos, las jerarquías y esa sensación de que cualquier pequeño error puede contagiarlo todo. El plano secuencia no es un truco vacío. Aquí tiene todo el sentido del mundo, porque te mete dentro del restaurante y te obliga a vivir la noche sin escapatoria, casi como si fueras otro miembro del equipo. No hay respiro, no hay corte que alivie la tensión, y eso hace que la película se vuelva asfixiante de una forma muy eficaz. Stephen Graham está enorme. Sostiene la película con una mezcla de cansancio, rabia, ansiedad y vulnerabilidad que resulta muy creíble. Pero también se nota que esto funciona como trabajo coral: cocina, sala, clientes, jefes, problemas personales… todo suma para que el caos tenga vida propia. Lo mejor es que no parece una película “sobre chefs” en el sentido bonito o glamuroso. No va de platos preciosos ni de romanticismo culinario, sino del desgaste, de la presión constante y de cómo una noche complicada puede convertirse en una espiral infernal. Ahí es donde me parece más honesta y más potente. Además, la tensión está muy bien medida. Empieza fuerte, va acumulando problemas, roces y errores, y poco a poco te deja con esa sensación de que algo va a acabar rompiéndose. Y aunque hay cosas que pueden parecer algo marcadas de cara al clímax, el conjunto tiene tanta verdad que eso pesa menos. En conjunto, me parece una película muy buena, muy tensa y muy bien construida. El plano secuencia impresiona, sí, pero lo mejor no es el truco técnico: es cómo consigue que sientas que has pasado esa noche dentro de ese restaurante. (ENGLISH) I thought it was excellent, above all because of how realistic it feels in showing a professional kitchen when everything starts going wrong at once. You do not need to have worked in restaurants to feel the stress, the pressure, the egos, the mistakes, the hierarchy, and that sense that one small error can infect everything. The one-shot structure is not an empty gimmick. Here it makes complete sense, because it drops you inside the restaurant and forces you to live through the night with no escape, almost as if you were another member of the team. There is no relief, no cut to release the tension, and that makes the film suffocating in a very effective way. Stephen Graham is outstanding. He carries the film with a mix of exhaustion, anger, anxiety, and vulnerability that feels completely believable. But it also clearly works as an ensemble piece: kitchen, floor staff, customers, management, personal problems… everything adds to the feeling that the chaos has a life of its own. What I like most is that it never feels like a film “about chefs” in the glamorous sense. It is not about beautiful plates or culinary romance, but about exhaustion, constant pressure, and how one bad night can turn into a complete downward spiral. That is where it feels most honest and most powerful. The tension is also very well controlled. It starts strong, keeps piling on problems, friction, and mistakes, and gradually leaves you with the feeling that something is going to break. Even if a few things can feel slightly signposted toward the climax, the overall truth of it all matters more. Overall, I think it is a very strong, very tense, and very well-made film. The one-shot technique is impressive, yes, but the best thing is not the technical feat: it is the way the film makes you feel as if you spent that whole night inside that restaurant.
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When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
เรือประมงของกลุ่มเพื่อนล่มนอกชายฝั่งเม็กซิโก ทำให้พวกเขาต้องติดอยู่กลางทะเลเพียงลำพังและดิ้นรนเพื่อเอาชีวิตรอด
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การออกเดทครั้งแรกในรอบหลายปีของหญิงแม่ม่ายต้องกลายมาเป็นเรื่องเขย่าขวัญ เมื่อเธอถูกส่งข้อความข่มขู่ผ่านโทรศัพท์มือถือในระหว่างที่กำลังทานอาหารมื้อเย็นสุดหรู ทำให้เธอเริ่มตั้งคำถามว่าคู่เดทผู้ชวนหลงไหลของเธอ อาจจะอยู่เบื้องหลังเหตุการณ์นี้หรือไม่
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Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.