Synopsis
An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.
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Cast
- Freddie HighmoreNigel Slater
- Ken StottDad
- Victoria HamiltonMum
- Oscar KennedyYoung Nigel Slater
- Helena Bonham CarterMrs Potter
- Matthew McNultyJosh
- Rob JarvisFishmonger
- Selina CadellRuby
- Amy MarstonPrimary School Teacher
- Marion BaileyMrs. Adams
Recommandations
ChatdiMuse‘No matter how bad things get it’s impossible not to love someone who’s made you toast, once you’ve been through that crusty surface to the soft dough underneath and tasted the warm salty butter you’re lost forever” I just finished watching the film Toast (2010) dir. S.J Clarkson and based on the autobiographical novel of cook writer Nigel Slater. At first it started off fresh and funny but as it developed one started feeling angst for something true to happen. The characters do not some real, they all seem disconnected from each other, lacking in depth and authenticity. On this quote above, I believe the only real love displayed in the movie is Little Freddie’s devotion for food, the love of toast not the one who made it. He seemed to display more affection to his numb mother until after her death, the dad is a foolish bland character, the maid Joan Patter played by Helena Bonham Carter, who is portrayed as the villain of the story is not really all bad, just a lonely commonplace woman who knows a bit too much nitty gritty details about cleaning products. She only longs to start a home working hard to win affections of stubborn Freddie and father through her impeccable cooking skills, based on the cliche “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” Even Freddie’s homosexual affair when he’s older seems phony and disappointing. It seems everyone in the end stays misunderstood and the stories unresolved, it is cartoonish and just a poor written movie. The 60’s themed lively pictures shot in West Midlands of England countryside were beautiful, which were the best part of the film. That is all.Créée le 04/05/2024
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