Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.
Sometimes movies make sense in a logical way; sometimes they make only emotional sense. No Reservations makes no damned sense at all.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
27 Jul 2007
fresh:
No Reservations is worth penciling in to your schedule, though it's more guilty diversion than memorable feast.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
27 Jul 2007
rotten:
A shamelessly microwaved American rewarming of the 2002 German romantic comedy Mostly Martha.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
27 Jul 2007
fresh:
The cast makes the film a warm and agreeable experience.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
27 Jul 2007
rotten:
You don't need to have been a fan of the terrific German film Mostly Martha that inspired this remake, or even to have seen the original, to recognize that her American cousin has a tendency to overcook things.