Title: No Reservations

Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Directed by: Scott Hicks

Base on: Screenplay by Sandra Nettelbeck

Music by: Philip Glass

Distributed by: Warner Brothers

Length of Movie: Approx 1 hour 45 minutes

Language: English

Some of the Character casts:

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Kate Armstrong

Aaron Eckhat – Nick Palmer

Abigail Breslin – Zoe

Official Website: http://noreservationsmovie.warnerbros.com/mainsite/index.html

My Rating: 6/10

Plot/ Story line:

It's a really sweet and simple story (okay perhaps too simple) of how Kate, who seems to be a brilliant chief and focuses entirely on her career and kitchen, suddenly has to deal with being a step-mom and falling in love. It's really for women; I can't imagine guys watching such a romantic film! However, I thought the appearance of Zoe was way too sudden. Of course I understand that accidents ARE sudden and unexpected but I really never thought that Zoe's mom actually died and Zoe seemed completely unharmed in the hospital! I was like, "Huh? Are you sure Zoe's mom died when Zoe doesn't even look horrified or traumatized?" AND, I thought there was a complete lack of drama. The neighbour could have been more involved to stir things up a little, and it was so expected that Nick and Kate would fall in love. I thought Kate's colleagues could have been better brought into the story line too, but oh well, this isn't my movie, so I'll just accept it for what it is. Overall, it's a really sweet movie that shows family love and how Nick and Kate fell in love.

Screen and Sound Effects:

I just love the comfy looking house! And the kitchen scenes were interesting, though it reminded me too much of the animated movie Ratatouille.

I didn't even notice any sound effects at all. Except for all those old-fashion music :/

Characters:

For some strange reason, I thought Nick's a real cool guy. I mean, he really respects Kate's decision and views about him intruding her kitchen, and he understands that Kate can get rather 'protective' over her position. And he REALLY KNOWS HOW TO COOK (a damn good plus point). But initially, I have to admit that I viewed Nick as the Bad Guy, because in such a situation, it just seems as though he was eyeing Kate's position and Main Chief (or whatever the title is called) of the restaurant and nothing else. Thank goodness after much explaining and as the movie continues, viewers can really see that Nick really just wants to work with the famous Kate the chief, nothing more. And he is such a sweet guy, and really knows how to joke. He's a little too perfect for me though, of course he has a temper and stubborn streak in him, but overall Nick's a real Mr Nice Guy. I think all those women who watch this movie will just smile at all this romantic gestures he did for Kate (: Haha.

And I think Catherine Zeta-Jones is really gorgeous and a pretty good actress!

Most memorable line/ scene:

Nick: Zoe, I am now going to kiss your aunt.

Zoe (closes eyes): This is so embarrassing.

This scene is super duper sweet that I actually smiled and giggled like a little girl.

I would recommend it to:

A bunch of school girls having a night out or a group of girlfriends who love watching romantic movies.

No, of course guys can watch it (: The guys will have to take their dates with them to fully enjoy this film though!

Credits:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:No_reservations.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Reservations_(film)

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