Great story! Very entertaining. Good movie for the whole family.

An excellent move with top notch actors and well developed story.

There are a few movies that my first word to describe them is beautiful, and this is one of them. There are moments of humor and sadness, but the overwhelming impression it leaves on me is "beautiful". Made by some of the same people behind the film Chocolat, the two films are very similar in tone and subject matter and themes. The Hundred-Foot Journey is a film about appreciating food, the way food brings people together, community, loving the people around you, welcoming new people and experiences, and working towards your passion. There is a mysticism to the tone of the film that fills it with a sense of hopefulness and purpose, but it never reaches unbelievable heights as the film stays grounded in the sincerity of its characters as they work to overcome a variety of struggles.

This movies touches on the basic human factor and points out how our differences can be celebrated and join us as easily as divide us. The cast all deliver very believable and genuine performances that help to draw you into the story line early on. The imagery and cinematography are so rich and lush that you will either be reminded of the time you were in those areas, or crave going and seeing them in person if you have never traveled there. The piece-de-resistance is the fact the food, which is central to the story-line, makes you want to have an Indio-Franco dinner after watching.

I took my mom to see this film when it came out in the theater last year and was pleasantly surprised. Granted after seeing the ads for this film I thought it would be prefect to take my mom to but the downside is I would know how it ends. What I am pleased to say is even though you know how it ends, it does not fall victim to the typical cliche riddled films we typically get. While it is not a perfect film (I thought a few scenes ran a little too long), it is a wonderful, delightful film. The cast is excellent (Helen Mirran is perfect), the story is well done. This is the type of film I do like to see from time to time to pick my spirits up, it's just unfortunate that filmmakers can only come up with one this good every five years or more. So often this type of film is so poorly and lazily done that it's a breathe of fresh air when they get it right! I must offer ONE MAJOR WARNING: don't see it when your hungry!