The Chinese Feast

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Audience Member This Tsui Hark gem itself is highly underwatched throughout the world... It's slapstick,it's illogical sometimes-but convoluted situational comedies seldom get better than this. It's no less tasty than the delicacies shown throughout the film.Filled with genial humour,this is a must watch for every movie buff. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Tsui Hark's popular 1995 Lunar New Year comedy is cute, yes, but too often just as aggravatingly nonsensical -- even for this brand of seasonal fluff -- when it has all the right ingredients and plenty of talented chefs to be far more comforting. This is not to say that "The Chinese Feast" doesn't look good: the cast is seasoned, the photography is crisp, and the lengths the chefs go to transcend one another during a traditional three day gourmet slam is almost enough to make the film a thoroughly enjoyable slice of culinary cinema. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Everything is just normal, so-so. Some of the cooking style and photography is good though. Movie begin cooking competition between Kenny Bee and Zhao Wenzhuo. Each winning one round. Kenny girlfriend is in hospital in labour. He can't concentrate in the last round and give up. When he reach hospital, the girl left him a letter to say break up as he isn't there for her. Leslie Cheung is in a cooking test and he can't cook, so he make smoke and secretly take out bought food as his own. He was selected and jump in celebration whereby all his food drop down. He is a gangster loanshark who want to quit and become chef. Zhao overheard him and give him a name card to try out at a restaurant. Law Kar-Ying is the boss and he is arch enemy of Zhao, therefore he want to torture Leslie. Anita Yuen is his rebellious daughter who dislike working there. Law ask Leslie to kill a giant fish but it cause big mess, eventually it jump out of window and landed in sewer. Anita sings badly in pub. Former girlfriend of Leslie and current girlfriend of a gang boss goes up to square off her. The girl find Anita trouble and Leslie save her. The girl crash her car. Next day the gang and Leslie minions are negotiating in the said restaurant. Leslie tell his man to dispose weapons as undercover cops are there. Anita accidentally found a gun and put in the tray. Law thought Leslie can't handle the situation and offer the food to the boss, unknowingly took the gun out and cops open fire. He sack Leslie. A new chef Xiong Xin Xin challenge Law to cook the banquet. If he win he get their restaurant. Law accept the fight and all his workers quit. They are bribe to get raise and shares if Law loses and they try persuade him to give up. Law heart attack and Leslie save him to hospital. Anita and him find Zhao for help. He don't know how to cook banquet and ask them to find Kenny. When the duo found him, he is piece of trash. Zhao says only his ex lover might be able to revive his spirit. They bluff her to Kenny home for them to meet. The lover isn't happy to see him again but their efforts make her reconsider. Many chefs await Kenny to return. He cook a fish and it looks good but taste bad. Zhao says he need to revive his cooking spirit and taste bud, so all of them train him back on track. Xiong find trouble at Zhao place and they make another bet again for his restaurant. The lover spur Kenny to do well. 1st round competition was a draw. But a judge rule Kenny win because Xiong didn't follow food sequence. 2nd round Kenny hand was burnt while cooking. Anita spill the food on floor and they lost. 3rd round is cook monkey brain. Nobody dare to kill monkey. They never turn up at the competition and Xiong finish his. At the last minute, Zhao says monkey brain is best eaten raw within 3 minutes and cook it fast and serve. Then the cops arrive and say they are catching people cruelty to animals. Xiong says he use goat brain which isn't crime. Zhao says they use bean curd as brain and the method to prepare it in likeness of brain makes them the eventual winner. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Sort of like Iron Chef the movie, I can't think of a more ringing endorsement than that. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member i watch this movie at least more than 8 times ~ but still feel it was a good movie ~ funny Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie is maybe not really good and the actors arent always doing their best.. But its so lovely, and cool to watch em discuss and create recipes.. Just makes me hungry simply thinking about it.. so yep, i recommand this one to anyone who ve cooked at least once and like exotic food! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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