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Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

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Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

Released May 22, 2020

1h 13m

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Filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll examines the vibrant and unconventional life of Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on Mexican cuisine.

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A documentary that lives up to its title, Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy shines an entertaining spotlight on the career and delightful personality of its subject.

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Roxana Hadadi

AV Club

Nothing Fancy doesn't push quite enough at understanding what comes next, but as a presentation of Kennedy's contributions and her brusque singularity, it informs and entertains.

Rated: B

Jun 5, 2020

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Angie Han

FilmWeek (LAist)

It's a really likable documentary, even if you didn't know anything about [Diana Kennedy]... She's a really compelling subject.

May 22, 2020

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Jude Dry

IndieWire

The pleasures of the film outweigh its careful reservations, mostly because Kennedy is simply too much fun to observe in her natural habitat.

Rated: B

May 22, 2020

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

If it weren't for [Diana] Kennedy's sassy personality, the movie ... would actually be pretty dull. This is one of those laudatory celebrity documentaries where talking heads do nothing but praise the star of the movie.

Jul 19, 2020

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

This extremely talented, smack-talking British chef informed me that I've been making my guacamole all wrong.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 4, 2020

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Sadaf Ahsan

Nashville Scene

What Nothing Fancy manages is an intimate exploration of Kennedy's life, home and - most importantly - hunger, which is as ferocious as it was when she began her career many decades ago.

Jun 4, 2020

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Audience Member

A nice portrait of a feisty food icon.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

I went into this movie a bit concerned that it was about a colonialist song stealer, but she presents as an unyielding booster of Mexican regional cuisine and attributes her recipes to the chef she learned them from. Progress of a sort...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll examines the vibrant and unconventional life of Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on Mexican cuisine.

Director: Elizabeth Carroll
Producer: Gina Abatemarco, Dan Braun, Elizabeth Carroll, David Koh
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Carroll
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Submarine Deluxe, Greenwich Entertainments
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 22, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 22, 2020
Runtime: 1h 13m

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