Delicious

A film that shows that Netflix has sunk deeper and deeper into the pit. There is nothing appealing or logical about the film. It has such a ridiculous and artificial network of relationships that if you get to the end of the film, it becomes clear that it is a waste of time.

A wealthy family living in Germany comes to their home in France for a vacation. One night, they think they hit someone with their car. When they get out of the car, they see a girl with a bleeding arm. They take her home and bandage her arm. Then the girl turns the lives of all the family members upside down.

When you write the subject, it may seem appealing. But the film is so ridiculous and boring. An ugly girl seduces them all for some reason. Plus, most of the family trusts the girl more than their own daughters. Plus, all the family members are easily prone to straying. The family, which acts so elite, becomes a toy in the hands of a group of scoundrels, etc. Etc.

Acting is OK but the story is so so bad. Throughout the movie I've counted grand total of 0 actions that made any sense. Family members turning against each other for lamest reasons, not a single person in the whole town realizing what's going on etc. It's like Salt Burn all over again...

The movie is thinking that it's some kind of a master piece when it's really a collection of unrelated and uncreative lines. It keeps on trying to wow you with some kind of revelation while you already know what's gonna happen beforehand. It's super predictable. I've guessed the whole movie except for maybe 1 plot.

As "Delicious" (2025 release from Germany; 102 min) opens, we get to know a family from Frankfurt. The husband and wife and their 2 kids arrive in the south of France, After a nice dinner out and with the husband possibly drunk, on their way home their car hits a young woman... At this point we are 10 minutes into the movie.

Couple of comments: the premise of this movie is as familiar as it is appealing: well-to-do family takes in a wounded young woman and it's no long before we sense that not all is quite what it seems. The movie is plot-heavy so I won't go into further details. The movie reminds me of "Parasite" and "The White Lotus", except that "Delicious" provides a long (and at time great) leadup, only to badly misfire in its concluding half hour, leading to a massive letdown. Austrian actress Valerie Pachner ("The King's Man") plays the lead as Esther, the couple's wife, and does the best she can under the circumstances. I can't say that I was familiar with any of the other performers. The original score of this movie is courtesy of Oscar-winning composer Volker Bertelmann (a/k/a Hauschka), and is excellent and prominent in the movie.

"Delicious" premiered at last month's Berlin film festival, and it recently started streaming on Netflix. Netflix suggested it to me based on my viewing habits which includes lots of foreign films and TV series. If you are in the mood for a family drama out of Germany, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

'Delicious' as described, follows the life of a wealthy German family on a getaway trip who happens to cross paths with an injured, crazy lady - though they are not aware of this yet. 'Delicious' after viewing can be summed up as a wannabe artsy film with a dialogue written by artificial intelligence. This is one of those films where a deep message is attempting to be conveyed to the audience but at the expense of major plot holes and poor dialogue, the story suffers and becomes an incohesive mop. With abrupt cuts and scenes that add little to the story, the decisions made by these characters are questionable. Why is it that a stranger who becomes a maid is suddenly adored by everyone in this family, even over the people they have spent their entire lives with?

Bad decision after bad decision led to a predictable ending and an even moreso ridiculous story. Visually, the cinematography is absolutely stunning with great color grading and picturesque shots. The actors in the film were average but that means little when the dialogue was horrendous. Labeled as a thriller, the film becomes very horror-esque as it moves along, which was predicted what with the perfect nature displayed in the beginning. 'Delicious' attempted to produce art fueling "Eat the rich" propaganda, but it seemed to miss the mark and in itself became a pretentious film that will be remembered for being a waste of time.

First of all, when I first watched the official trailer of the movie I liked it and had high expectations about it. Eventually, it wasn't as good as I had imagined and I would consider it an average movie. The movie synopsis was very interesting and mysterious, but it wasn't innovative. Unfortunately, the storyline was probably the worst thing about this movie because it wasn't well-written, nor well-explained and there were too many plot holes. However, I have to admit that the concept of the movie was very interesting, but the execution wasn't well-done. The main characters were interesting, but they weren't well-developed and they weren't really likeable (except, the kids). The casting choices were just nice and their performances were descent. In my opinion, it wasn't an intense movie and it wasn't as suspenseful as I would like. Regarding the ending twist, it was definitely unpredictable, even though it was really silly and it didn't make any sense. Overall, "Delicious" was an average film that definitely had potential, but the script wasn't well-written and most parts of the movie weren't well-explained. So, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone and I think there are better movies than this one, that they have similar concept!