{"id":11152,"date":"2015-11-06T07:01:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2015-11-05T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:44:48","slug":"review-burnt-filled-with-good-food-better-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=11152","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u2018Burnt\u2019 filled with good food, better acting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-06-Burnt-movie-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11153 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-06-Burnt-movie-poster.jpg\" alt=\"2015-11-06-Burnt-movie-poster\" width=\"250\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-06-Burnt-movie-poster.jpg 250w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-06-Burnt-movie-poster-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>By MARK VIOLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year we had two films centered on the high-pressure world of restaurant kitchens&#8211;\u201cChef\u201d and \u201cThe Hundred-Foot Journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year we have \u201cBurnt\u201d from director John Wells (August: Osage County) and starring Bradley Cooper (\u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d). The story falls somewhere in the middle of the previous two, again following a high-end chef whose career implodes due to poor decisions like in \u201cChef,\u201d but instead of jumping into a food truck, Cooper\u2019s Adam Jones stays in the realm of fine dining like \u201cThe Hundred-Foot Journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That being said, \u201cBurnt\u201d has its own story to tell, and while the basic structure doesn\u2019t blaze much new ground, it also isn\u2019t a retread, so if you enjoyed those previous films, especially \u201cChef,\u201d I\u2019m betting you will find plenty to enjoy here. I know I did and for what it\u2019s worth, two really good chefs I know caught the movie before I did and gave it their endorsement as well.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to copious amounts of mouth-watering food depicted on screen, the movie\u2019s biggest selling point is Cooper, whose impassioned performance takes the film by the horns and carries it to creative success. The actor has been on a roll lately&#8211;with three straight Academy Award nominations to show for it&#8211;and Adam Jones is the latest in a growing list of memorable roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurnt\u201d is very enjoyable movie, especially for those who like good food and good acting. Just be prepared to be hungry when it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n<p>The film is rated R for language throughout.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This is a shortened version of the full review available in our printed or e-edition papers.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MARK VIOLA Last year we had two films centered on the high-pressure world of restaurant kitchens&#8211;\u201cChef\u201d and \u201cThe Hundred-Foot Journey.\u201d This year we have \u201cBurnt\u201d from director John Wells (August: Osage County) and starring Bradley Cooper (\u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d). The story falls somewhere in the middle of the previous two, again following a high-end chef [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-11152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11154,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions\/11154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}