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Sentimental Feel Good Humorous Touching
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Cooking and Food Love and Romance Couples Opposites Attract Couple Relations Fall in Love Parents and Children Workplace Situations more...
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Romance Comedy Drama
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Contemporary 21st Century
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New York USA Restaurant
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Date Night Girls' Night
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No Reservations, 2007

Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

Directed by: Scott Hicks

Written by: Sandra Nettelbeck

Language: English

Country: USA, Australia

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating: PG

Rating:6.3

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No Reservations can be described as sentimental, feel good, and touching. The plot revolves around cooking and food, couples, and love and romance. The main genres are romance, drama, and comedy. In approach, No Reservations is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a restaurant. It is located in New York. No Reservations takes place in contemporary times. It is inspired by a film and a remake. It is well suited for a date night and a girls' night.

Summary of No Reservations

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart are charming in the romantic comedy NO RESERVATIONS. Zeta-Jones stars as Kate, an executive chef at a popular restaurant in New York City's Greenwich Village. She is so dedicated to her job that she has no time for a personal life; she even brings gourmet cuisine to her therapist (Bob Balaban), feeding him food rather than opening up her soul. But her life changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving Kate to take care of her sister's young daughter, Zoe (Abigail Breslin, from LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE). Suddenly, Kate is responsible for more than just fancy dishes; she is responsible for another human being, which confounds her. After taking a few days off, she returns to her kitchen, only to find that the restaurant owner, Paula (Patricia Clarkson), has hired another chef to assist Kate, a playful, talkative, talented man named Nick (Aaron Eckhart) who likes listening to opera while he works (Kate considers that a major distraction) and so wins over the rest of the staff that Kate feels threatened. But deep down, she also feels a little attracted by the attention Nick pours on her. However, Kate is not sure she can mix being a mother, a master chef, and, perhaps, a lover. NO RESERVATIONS, based on the award-winning German film BELLA MARTHA (MOSTLY MARTHA) (Sandra Nettelbeck, 2001), is a satisfying soufflé of comedy and romance, directed by Scott Hicks (SHINE, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS) and featuring a piano-based soundtrack by minimalist musician Philip Glass. And just as she did in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, Breslin will both charm and break viewers' hearts.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, Australia
Release date:	25 July 2007
Runtime:	104 min

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

as Kate

Aaron Eckhart

as Nick

Abigail Breslin

as Zoe

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Variety

Agreeably prepared and attractively presented, this remake of the tasty 2001 German feature "Mostly Martha" bears too many earmarks of Hollywood packaging and emotional button-pushing, but doesn't go far wrong by closely sticking to the original's... Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

The New York Times

The emotional details of Kate, Nick and Zoe’s journey are surprising, honest and life-size, and the film’s determination to present their predicament sympathetically, without appealing to retrograde ideals of femininity and motherhood, makes it... Full Review

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by: Matt Zoller Seitz

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I'm not going to say "Don't watch this awful remake! Go watch Mostly Martha, the original!" I say, by all means, watch Mostly Martha, but don't bypass this version. This American version is really too close to the original, right down to the... Read and rate it

06.July.2010
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by: Lora
Lora rated this movie8/10Great

"No Reservations" starts slow, but if you can get through the depressing first half of the film, it's at least worth watching. If you're looking for a basic feel good film, this isn't for you. Read and rate it

07.October.2009
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by: Justinlf84
Justinlf84 rated this movie0/10

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