Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Bradley CooperAdam Jones
- Sienna MillerHelene
- Omar SyMichel
- Daniel BrühlTony
- Riccardo ScamarcioMax
- Sam KeeleyDavid
- Alicia VikanderAnne Marie
- Matthew RhysReece
- Lily JamesSara
- Uma ThurmanSimone
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
A mildly entertaining but well acted, sumptuously photographed and smartly written comedy with dark undertones about culinary addiction that can only be called “delicious.” See it and then check your cholesterol. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Just when you think you know where Burnt is headed, there’s an underhanded twist about halfway in. And it’s almost enough to set the movie right. - 50
Screen Daily
Every thoughtful story beat and every well-observed character moment happens with such predictability and slick professionalism that the whole project seems smothered in bland sweetness. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Cooper can do this kind of arrogant-but-irresistible golden boy shtick in his sleep, but that doesn't make it any less pleasurable to watch. Flashing his baby blues and a fiery temper, the actor gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie’s laziness. Almost. - 50
The Playlist
The film’s haphazard construction is made all the more frustrating because somewhere in this material is a much more resonant picture. - 50
Movie Nation
Burnt isn’t a bad movie, but the melodrama is overwrought and overdone, the romance warmed over and the “Cocktail” formula shaken, stirred and utterly played. - 42
IndieWire
Burnt deals less with the food itself than the way it drives Adam to the brink of insanity. Yet it falls short of generating any real urgency surrounding that situation. - 40
Variety
Although John Wells’ dramedy is energized by its mouth-watering montages and an unsurprisingly fierce lead turn from Cooper, Steven Knight’s script pours on the acid but holds the depth, forcing its fine actors (including Sienna Miller and Daniel Bruhl) to function less as an ensemble than as a motley sort of intervention group.
