Thursday, October 18, 2018
No Reservations
No Reservations, directed by Scott Hicks, was a film made in 2007 about a chef who works at a five star restaurant. Chef Kate is expecting her sister and niece for a visit when she receives a phone call to find out her sister, Charlotte, got into a car accident and doesn't make it. Zoe is okay and Kate has to become her legal guardian. At work Kate is ordered by her boss to take a week off and her assistant, who is pregnant, will hold down the fort. During this week she tries to get to know Zoe better, Kate also discovers she can't get Zoe to eat anything. Her therapist recommends fish sticks, but Zoe still wouldn't eat them. When Kate finally returns to work she finds another chef working in her kitchen, Nick. Nick doesn't want to replace Kate but work with her, she is not happy. Over time Kate becomes more fond of Nick, especially due to the fact that Nick is the one who gets Zoe to finally eat something.
This film uses a lot of character placement and subsidiary features. But mostly uses non-diegetic audio and diegetic audio when it comes to the music. Any time anyone would start cooking an Italian song would start playing in the back as non-diegetic. There were also moments when the music was part of the scene, like when Nick sang along with the music, or when Kate shuts off the radio.
I very much enjoy the way this movie is set up. Even though it seems depressing at the beginning, things slowly gets better for Kate, this is another example of real life situations. I give this a good-good rating.
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Some good instincts in this post, Chloe, but think about how you can shape your response around the expectations of an effective BRB. Firstly, there should be two paragraphs (objective and then subjective). Those paragraphs are in here, but the plot information has been removed and relegated to a tonally-neutral space. You can include that information as part of the objective review (if you're talking about the summary of the object) or in the subjective review (if you're talking about how you felt/expected/dread/love/etc. choices in the plot). This should show more evaluative language, meaning that we should see what's so GOOD-GOOD about this movie. Take the music: is that a good choice to make non-diegetic audio diegetic? Is it irritating? Clever? Thoughtful? Overdone? Those are words that sprinkle tone into your writing. Title should be more indicative of your review and not just your film!
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