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Release Date:
27 July 2007 (USA) moreTagline:
Something's Cooking This Summer morePlot:
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Very likable even for a formula romcom, mainly because of the terrific casting more (104 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Catherine Zeta-Jones | ... | Kate |
 | Aaron Eckhart | ... | Nick |
 | Abigail Breslin | ... | Zoe |
 | Patricia Clarkson | ... | Paula |
 | Jenny Wade | ... | Leah |
 | Bob Balaban | ... | Therapist |
 | Brian F. O'Byrne | ... | Sean |
 | Lily Rabe | ... | Bernadette |
 | Eric Silver | ... | John |
| Arija Bareikis | ... | Christine |
| John McMartin | ... | Mr. Peterson |
| Celia Weston | ... | Mrs. Peterson |
 | Zoë Kravitz | ... | Charlotte |
 | Matthew Rauch | ... | Ken |
 | Dearbhla Molloy | ... | Anna |
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Mostly Martha (USA) (working title)Untitled Scott Hicks Film (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for some sensuality and language.Parents Guide:
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104 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Finland:K-3 | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | South Africa:A | Denmark:A | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:All | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG (certificate #43219) | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Basel-Stadt) | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:I | Taiwan:GP | Philippines:GFun Stuff
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According to USA Weekend, Catherine Zeta-Jones worked for one evening as a server at Fiamma Osteria in New York in preparation for her role in the movie. When customers remarked on how much their server resembled Catherine Zeta-Jones, she would reply, "I hear that all the time." moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Zoe is eating Nick's spaghetti in the restaurant kitchen, the bowl of spaghetti alternates between full and almost empty as they switch camera angles. moreQuotes:
Kate: Oh, I see you've brought something to read to Zoe.Charlotte: It's for my thesis... rapidly mutating deadly viruses.
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Very likable even for a formula romcom, mainly because of the terrific casting and performances of the actors.
The forever beautiful and talented Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, The Mask of Zorro) is spot on as Kate, a workaholic chef at hoity toity 22 Bleeker. Kate unexpectedly inherits her niece Zoe, played tremendously well by Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine). Real-life motherhood must have enabled Zeta-Jones to show her softer side with the restraint her character called for.
Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking, Black Dahlia) is Nick, the Italian-trained, opera-singing, charismatic new chef who invades Kate's precision-perfect French kitchen. Nick is Kate's quintessential opposite and eventually helps her sort out her trust issues and even enhances her parenting skills.
It is refreshing to see CZJ back on the silver screen where she belongs, and playing a non-glamorous character for once, even sans makeup in some scenes. At 38 years old, that is a brave feat indeed (and this courage is consistent with all the flawed characters she likes to play).
Her on screen chemistry with Eckhart is positively sizzling, and his cockiness to her coolness effectively makes you forget about the trite plot. While Zeta-Jones has also been criticized for being too beautiful for the role of a lonely chef, that is actually one of the ironies of life that this movie uncovers: beauty and talent doesn't really guarantee bliss.
Despite the awful MTV-like montage of the trio grocery shopping and the rest of the unspectacular elements, overall, the movie makes you feel for the characters. You leave the cinema all warm and fuzzy, and that makes the execution of No Reservations a success.