Step Up to the Plate

Play trailer

Step Up to the Plate

Released Sep 14, 2012

1h 26m

Documentary

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

67%

Tomatometer

27 Reviews

45%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

French chef Sébastien Bras prepares to take control of the world-renowned restaurant of his celebrated father, Michel.

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

A pleasurable, if drama-free portrait of French chef Michel Bras as he begins the handover of his three-star Michelin restaurant to his son, over the course of four seasons.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 7, 2012

Full Review

Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Lacoste threatens to lose his audience several times with the deliberate pacing of his doc, which takes too long to get things to the table in most cases.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 6, 2012

Full Review

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

A cerebral, dirge-paced outline of a father-son dynamic that asks the audience to fill in too many narrative and emotional gaps.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 11, 2012

Full Review

Jim Schembri

3AW

More food porn...Though the celebrity status accorded chefs has gone way out of control, this is actually not a bad little documentary.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 7, 2012

Full Review

Lex Hall

FILMINK (Australia)

An intimate, immaculate doco that ends up a stirring but unsentimental meditation on tradition and family.

Nov 29, 2012

Full Review

Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

The film attempts to tell the story of father Michel handing over his restaurant business to son Sbastien, but it makes a botch of it

Nov 24, 2012

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

3-Michelin-Star restaurant is a passion. You must watch this if you like Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Not enough food porn for my tastes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

Full Review

Audience Member

OMG, this movie was like a lullaby... I slept like a baby. Movie is kind of depressing though, but I think French movie club will enjoy it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

Full Review

ma'ark t

A relaxing documentary about Michel Bras handing over his Michelin 3 Star restaurant to his son Seba. Interesting seeing the two work in the kitchen but unfortunately neither of the two are interesting enough outside of the kitchen for the audience to become fully engaged. I found myself bored during the facial close ups of both and just waiting for the next kitchen or scenery shot.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Very relaxing documentary about a 3-star Michelin chef family in the middle of the French countryside.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

Full Review

Audience Member

A delightful story of the change over of a restaurant from father to son. I could sit and watch the goings on in a top kitchen for ages. The attention to detail and taste is absolutely fascinating.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Paul Lacoste

Director

Michel Bras

Actor

Sébastian Bras

Actor

Gaëlle Bayssière

Producer

Didier Creste

Producer

Sarah Chazelle

Co-Producer

Ants on a Shrimp

78%

52%

Ants on a Shrimp

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ants on a Shrimp

King Georges

100%

56%

King Georges

Watchlist

TRAILER

for King Georges

Noma, My Perfect Storm

57%

42%

Noma, My Perfect Storm

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Noma, My Perfect Storm

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

99%

91%

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: Retribution Not Screened — Guess the Tomatometer!

View more photos

Synopsis

French chef Sébastien Bras prepares to take control of the world-renowned restaurant of his celebrated father, Michel.

Director: Paul Lacoste
Producer: Gaëlle Bayssière, Didier Creste
Distributor: Cinema Guild
Production Co: Everybody On Deck, Jour2Fête , Le-loKal production
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.9K
Runtime: 1h 26m