I recently watched The Hundred Foot Journey on Netflix the other evening and it was quite a delightful affair. The comedy-drama stars Hellen Mirren, Om Puri and Manish Daya and is about a feud between two restaurants in a small French town. One is a high class Michelin-starred restaurant, and the other a recently relocated Indian family’s new refurbished restaurant.
It was an incredibly fun film, with some very well shot scenes and some funny and loving moments. What made this film even better, was the fact I watched it with an Indian friend. She was able to reminisce and discuss the accuracies (and inaccuracies) of the film, the food and the characterisation of the Indian family.
I felt the main cast was excellent, especially the father played by Om Puri. However, some of the side characters and the love interest felt quite weak and not enjoyable to watch.