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Final Recipe

  • 2013
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Michelle Yeoh, Chin Han, and Henry Lau in Final Recipe (2013)
Hao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the restaurant. Due to Hao's difficult personality, the restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy and he finally collapses. In order to save the restaurant, Mark enters a cooking contest without his grandfather's knowledge and consent in Shanghai. He competes against talented chefs from Japan, Korea and Australia, and freely shows off ravishing cooking skills that he has accumulated from his grandfather over the years. As Mark wins round after round and gains attention, Julia, the contest producer notices something peculiar about him, then slowly realizes that Mark and her husband David resemble each other.
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Hao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant. Du... Read allHao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant. Due to Hao's difficult personality, the restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy and he fina... Read allHao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant. Due to Hao's difficult personality, the restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy and he finally collapses. In order to save the restaurant, Mark enters a cooking contest without his ... Read all

  • Director
    • Gina Kim
  • Writers
    • George Huang
    • Gina Kim
  • Stars
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Henry Lau
    • Chin Han
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    530
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gina Kim
    • Writers
      • George Huang
      • Gina Kim
    • Stars
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Henry Lau
      • Chin Han
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    • Julia Lee
    Henry Lau
    Henry Lau
    • Mark
    Chin Han
    Chin Han
    • David Chan
    Tseng Chang
    Tseng Chang
    • Hao
    Lori Tan Chinn
    Lori Tan Chinn
    • Mrs. Wang
    Aden Young
    Aden Young
    • Sean
    Lika Minamoto
    Lika Minamoto
    • Kaori
    Bobby Lee
    Bobby Lee
    • Park
    George Young
    George Young
    • Bob 'Benny' Tan
    Byron Bishop
    • Chef Gio Kwan
    Sahajak Boonthanakit
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    • Jack Bien
    Patrick Teoh
    • Mr. Lee
    Philip Wilson
    • Director
    Guntapat Kittichaiwaranggoon
    • Mark (3s)
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    • Antonia Lesur
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    • Daniel Boulud
    Emi Marshal
    • Mrs. Takura
    Steve Rook
    • Mr. Swann
    • Director
      • Gina Kim
    • Writers
      • George Huang
      • Gina Kim
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    10hmo-20549

    Great movie

    Masterpiece 👍🏻 Every person must watching this Cause it's so good
    9oryansreflection

    A movie with rich depth

    I found this looking for food movies, and this is a great movie about food, but it is so much more. This movie is about the complexities of family, how one generation always wants the next to have it better, and how that can lead to problems, and mistakes made on both sides. This movie is also about overcoming those mistakes, and being able to move forward as a family. This is a great movie, and I would recommend it to anyone.
    8ki_badean

    Wonderful

    Wajib diicip bagi pecinta kuliner. Ceritanya penuh dengan kejutan.
    4dpetrov-43951

    Only 3 stars. Not terrible, but not great

    This movie could have beem so much more in hands of a capable director. Story has so many holes that you just have to skip lousy parts, and acting is often infantile and simply put bad. Ought to be foodie movie, but it completely misses on oportunity to show cooking techniques during masterchef competition. It does not work on characters and their interaction, oversimplifies cooking parts and lacks rhythm within story narration (for example, to check someone's identity one could simply ask for ID card or passport). If you are a movie and foodie afficionado, don't waste your time on this movie. Rather watch (or re-watch) Masterchef Season 3 with blind chef Christine Ha, or if you haven't yet, watch The Hundred Foot Journey, Eat Drink Man Woman, Babette´s Feast,. Sorry, I really can't recommend this movie. For light-fun movies go with Chef (2014) or german Soul Kitchen which at least has good rock and roll soundtrack.
    8boblipton

    Gina's Feast

    Tseng Chang is a great chef in Singapore, but he has no customers; his rare customer asks for the pork with less fat and he throws them out. His hope is that his grandson, Henry Lau, will get into a great engineering school. When his admiring landlord tells him that he is so far behind on the rent he will have to shut him down, Chang has a heart attack, and Lau sneaks into a television cooking competition in Shanghai, hoping to compete against master television chef Chin Han and win a million dollars to save the restaurant and grandfather he loves. But there is another story, of family and love and loss that is seen through the eyes of Han's girl friend and producer, Michelle Yeoh.

    Movies about cooking have become their own genre over the last few decades. One of the pleasures of modern Asian movies is their free mixing of genres to produce something novel and involving -- like creative cooking. Gina Kim's movie is a feast, with its images of the crowded streets of old cities, the bright vistas of modern cities, the sumptuous splendor of food, and, of course, the pleasures of a sentimental story about people who love each other.

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 2016 (China)
    • Countries of origin
      • South Korea
      • Thailand
      • Singapore
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 美味秘方
    • Filming locations
      • Bangkok, Thailand
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Bang Singapore
      • A Grand Elephant
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      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $280,437
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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