Toast

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Toast

2011

1h 36m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Young Nigel Slater (Freddie Highmore) has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother (Victoria Hamilton) knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father (Ken Stott), especially when he remarries a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub and finds himself competing with his stepmother -- both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

10/21/2011

2.5/4

Like its namesake, "Toast" is crusty comfort food with little nutritional substance.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

10/20/2011

3/4

"Toast" has three things deserving of adoration: spectacular lemon-meringue pies, the songs of Dusty Springfield and Helena Bonham Carter.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

10/13/2011

1.5/4

Director S.J. Clarkson seems oblivious to the dissonance; perhaps he's deafened by the music.

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Steve Cruz

OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver)

05/09/2023

B

If you love the look and sound of the ’60s, mixed with a doddy story of a charming British gay boy getting his food on, Toast may charm you as much as it did me.

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

01/05/2019

3/4

[Freddie Highmore's] scenes with Helena Bonham Carter, an actress who can play a meaty role like this with her hands tied behind her back, can be great fun.

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

09/16/2017

Toast never succumbs to cloying sentimentality.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Nov 4

Funny in 1 hour and 36 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 2011-2025 by W2 Media!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed on September 23rd, 2011, in color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Michelle C

08/20/2024

I had previously read Slater’s memoir on which this is loosely based. Charming production with good performances. Fine array of Midlands accents.

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Cynthia A

07/23/2024

The first half was good but as the movie progressed I slowly lost interest especially as it transitioned to his puberty stage. I was not familiar with this chef and looked him up following the movie.

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isla s

09/09/2022

I thought this was an interesting story. It'd be hard not to feel sorry for Nigel as a child, given his somewhat chaotic domestic situation at times. It is somewhat cheesy and nostalgic but I enjoyed it for the most part. I liked the Dusty Springfield songs played in the background towards the end. I thought it was interesting hearing Freddie Highmore's English accent, considering I'd only ever seen him in American shows and films before (he is English, I believe). I also thought Helena Bonham Carter gave another decent enough performance. Not a bad film, not really stand out memorable but not awful, it's worth a watch, yes.

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09/05/2021

I thought this was gonna be quirky and fun 2.1

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06/02/2021

Lovely movie. Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore doing an amazing job as always

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Synopsis

Young Nigel Slater (Freddie Highmore) has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother (Victoria Hamilton) knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father (Ken Stott), especially when he remarries a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub and finds himself competing with his stepmother -- both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.

Director: S.J. Clarkson
Producer: Faye Ward
Screenwriter: Lee Hall
Distributor: W2 Media
Production Co: Ruby Films, BBC Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2011, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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