No Reservations

Pros: restaurant setting, some of the supporting characters are wonderful, generally well acted
Cons: no chemistry between Zeta-Jones and Eckhart or Zeta-Jones and Breslin, fairly unoriginal story

No Reservations is not a terribly original movie. The career woman who inherits her dead sister's child or children has been a recurring plot line in many movies for more than 25 years. No Reservations is a perfectly adequate incarnation of ...

Pros: Eckhart - he's endearing, and kind of a cross between Bon Jovi and Robin William
Cons: Zeta Jones - she's comfortable in the kitchen and the market, but otherwise distant

One of my pet peeves is how movie trailers, seen many times (if you go to the movies at least once a week, as I do) influence you to believe that a movie will be of one genre, when the real film is startlingly unlike what the trailer portrays. Such is ...

Pros: Fine actors, directed well and nice score. Believable story.
Cons: Music may have been a little loud at times or out of sync with mood(dubbing)

Beset by the mind numbing barrage of summer block-buster sequels, I needed a reprieve in the form an adult oriented drama that appealed to a more serious side than just my entertainment fix. I recognized this in 'No Reservations' upon reading a capsule ...

Pros: well written, great acting, good humor, good touch on dramatic scenes
Cons: predictable, a couple of cheesy lines

Based on the 2002 German film “Mostly Martha,” “No Reservations” is a nice and sweet summer treat. So surprisingly witty and emotionally absorbing, it’s an impressive little film that far exceeds expectations. The premise isn’t ...

Pros: Hmmm... well...
Cons: A mechanical plot and an empty screenplay void of emotional depth.

I'm a Scott Hicks fan, I freely admit that. I've been a fan of his work ever since "Snow Falling On Cedars." I heard Hicks name attached to this film and I forgot about all of the negative buzz that surrounded this film. So what has "No ...

Pros: Clean, entertaining, funny, full of emotions
Cons: Has a typical romantic comedy type of ending

We saw this not really expecting too much but just entertainment. Surprisingly, my husband picked this one out since the lines were too long for the opening weekend flicks. I wanted to see it but really hadn't heard anything great or bad about it so ...

Pros: Forget $3gal - Boss - CC bills. Go Feel good at a movie.
Cons: Nothing original same typical plot man-woman-side order of child

CAST: Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Kate Aaron Eckhart ... Nick Abigail Breslin ... Zoe (Kate's Sisters daughter) Ok kate - A chef who lives and breathes food but has a hermit life when the restaurant closes. Most chefs follow the same pattern - ...