RogerEbert.com — The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey Movie ReviewWith its feel-good themes about exotic food triumphing over closed-mindedness in a quaint French village, this is essentially a remake of “Chocolat” — and it happens to come from that film’s director, Lasse Hallstrom. Helen Mirren is the uptight owner of an elegant and esteemed French restaurant. Om Puri is the boisterous Indian patriarch who shakes things up when he moves into town and opens his own eatery right across the the street — and he uses spices! It’s “Chocolat 2: Electric Vindaloo.” My RogerEbert.com review.

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