The Ramen Girl (2008)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 102 minuten
Country:
United States / Japan
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
Stars: Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida and Tammy Blanchard
IMDb score:
6,3 (11.864)
Releasedate: 8 February 2008
The Ramen Girl plot
"Her romance is on pins and noodles."
A young American woman lives with her boyfriend in Tokyo, but after he ends the relationship, she finds herself alone in this strange metropolis. She decides to stay in Tokyo and look for direction in her life. She then applies for a job at a noodle restaurant that sells street food through a window. There she learns the art of preparing the dishes under a tyrannical Japanese master chef.
Reviews & comments
Black Math
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- 5430 messages
- 1753 votes
Anyone who has seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi knows that training to become a Japanese Chef is not easy and a very long process, where the first year you only wash rice or something. In that respect, the attitude of the Japanese Chef in this film is very understandable and the tyrannical is perhaps more something from the perception of the Westerner and certainly not something exceptional. Which is exceptional how long he lasts with the main character, because I personally threw her out of my restaurant at an early stage. In short, not really a film that is very believable.
Nevertheless, it all looks pleasant, the clash between cultures is nicely depicted and there is certainly chemistry between the protagonists. It's just a pity that the course of the film is so predictable, but well, the film is not exactly profound anyway, so the predictable was in a sense predictable. A little more could have been done in the audiovisual field, especially when it comes to filming the dishes, where the viewer could have been tempted more. A missed opportunity. 1.5*.
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Brittany Murphy, who died much too young, is not a top actress, but she is always fun to watch with her characteristic pout, especially in innocent nothings like this film. It is usually little, but a pleasant pastime at times when nothing else is available.
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