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Step Up to the Plate
Directed by
Paul Lacoste
2012
86m
Documentary
,
Family
,
and more
6.2
67%
45%
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A documentary on French chef Michel Bras and his decision to hand over his restaurant to his son, Sebastien, who has been working with him for 15 years.
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Cast of Step Up to the Plate
Michel Bras
Himself
Sébastian Bras
Himself
Paul Lacoste
Director
Didier Creste
Producer
Step Up to the Plate Ratings & Reviews
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Culinary idolatry where the camera takes up residence in the kitchen of a world-renowned chef to gaze in awe.
Sin Magazine
Austin Kennedy
There are some interesting father/son dynamic moments in the film that give it some merit. But I thought JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, which was released earlier this year, was much more focused and pretty much the same story.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
A cerebral, dirge-paced outline of a father-son dynamic that asks the audience to fill in too many narrative and emotional gaps.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
A documentary about a painstaking and intellectual chef, known for his elegant food, who is passing his restaurant to the next generation, even though it's clear he's not psychologically ready to do it.
The New Yorker
Bruce Diones
It's an intimate and immaculate film, modest in its goals and greatly affecting.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Mildly engaging, but leaves you hungry for more emotional and intellectual depth.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
It's pretty delicious.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The second shot alone makes the ensuing 80 or so minutes even more enjoyable.
Boston Phoenix
Gerald Peary
Sprinkle lime peelings onto milk-white ingredients: a verdant feast for the eye.
Village Voice
Marsha McCreadie
Lacoste cleverly uses the enhanced sound of Michel slowly, deliberately chewing and crunching, in what is really the film's climax.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
The food preparation and the interactions in the immaculate, gorgeous restaurant are so engrossing that sidebars about things like leisure time in the countryside feel extraneous.
New York Times
David DeWitt
"Step Up to the Plate" asserts how family, in multifarious ways, can be the most deeply affecting of ensembles.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
While foodies are sure to feel sated by the gastronomic splendors of Paul Lacoste's debut documentary, others may walk out with a strange sense of emptiness.
AV Club
Alison Willmore
The through-line from a rustic preparation of milk skin and chocolate on bread to a high-concept dessert illuminates the story of a family and how food unites generations.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Paul Lacoste's almost purely observational approach allows him to come about as close to documenting the process of creation as anyone ever has.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
When it loses sight of this change of hands story, the film loses its direction, making me want it either back on track or over.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...director Paul Lacoste ("Inventing Cuisine: Michel Bras"), making his feature debut here, is ofttimes more enamored with symbolic imagery than informational clarity.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
The audience comes away from the movie none the wiser about the gastronomical gifts of the Bras family, who seem almost "Stepford" in their insular world of private luxury.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
The doc about the transfer of ownership of a top French restaurant is workmanlike.
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