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"Cook Up a Storm" is a Comedy - Drama movie in which we watch two chefs, a Cantonese street cook and a French-trained Michelin-starred chef preparing for a very famous cooking competition. Soon they figure out that they have more in common than what they think.

I enjoyed this movie because it had a very interesting plot and contained some very clever plot twists that I did not expect. The direction which was made by Wai-Man Yip it was good and he succeeded on presenting his main characters very well, something that helped the audience follow their story, better understanding them and even relate to them. In addition to this, the interpretations of both Nicholas Tse who played as Gao Tian Ci and Yong-hwa Jung who played as Paul were very good and the differences of their characters created a nice result. All in all, I have to say that "Cook Up a Storm" is a nice movie and I recommend everyone to watch it.

I don't know what "BasicLogic" is talking about in his review. The only thing that makes sense in what he said is the fact that there are unimportant male characters that are "underwhelming", but their role are so small that it doesn't even matter. Also, why comment on script/dialogue when you clearly are from the US and are probably reading someone's subtitles? That is, in my opinion, something particularly dumb. Better to have no opinion at all, than to simply complain about something without rhyme or reason.

The movie is very well paced.. It didn't feel slow at all (and actors in Asian movies tend to talk more quickly anyway). It has a very nice structure (even for a "worn out" plot) and is far richer than I expected. It is also visually stunning, and the ending was not only packed with emotions, it was very satisfying in the way the main character handled himself. The cast is super likable and well defined.

I would recommend this to anyone that likes a movie with a bit rivalry and personal growth. I'm quite glad I watched it even after reading it's short summary and that "simple" looking poster.

All together I loved the movie, since I watched it purely because of the cooking scenes.

But as the movie began I was getting frustrated, because the story had no sense from the beginning (it is like from a children's book), and don't get me started on the voice-over.

But I quickly figured out that it is probably meant to be watched with a lot of humour, so I continued to watch it laughing at the stupid scenes and really enjoying the pure cooking moments.

Seriously, the movie has some of the best sound effects and CGI I've ever seen. Purely from that point, I loved it.

In summary, horrible story and scripts, but amazing sound effects and edits.

This is a hard movie to define since it obviously suffers from local cinema issues, yet there is quite a beautiful story to discover undernwath it all. I would specially praise the CGI and the actual food, they both look absolutely stunning. If there was something that I would genuilnly change in this movie it would be the pacing and yet I still can't help but love this movie.

Is a story that takes advantage of the trend of the moment (chef) to send a message to humanity, without losing the perspective of encouraging the human to prepare to compete and try to always be the best, however we are the same anywhere in the world , We forget the most important, our responsibility (guide, teach, love), but nature is so wise that it gives us the ability to challenge the half world and face our own executioner, to receive as a trophy a simple .. "Son, well done"