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American Cuisine

1998 · 95 min

A gentle, good-natured culture-clash comedy about an outsider chasing a craft, easy to watch and mildly charming.

Directed by
Jean-Yves Pitoun
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four star chef...

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Directed by
Jean-Yves Pitoun
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • identity
  • found family
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean-Yves Pitoun
Written by
Jean-Yves Pitoun
Starring
Jason Lee, Eddy Mitchell, Irène Jacob, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Sylvie Loeillet, Thibault de Montalembert, Anthony Valentine, Michel Muller
Music
René-Marc Bini
Cinematography
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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