Due entirely to his talent and appeal, two hours of Bradley-being-Bradley works and the film will rightly entertain at an acceptable superficial level.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2024

Despite all of the beautiful cuisine and energetic kitchen chaos, “Burnt” is simply a half-baked redemption tale.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Bradley Cooper plays a deplorable chef in a fatty, undercooked film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Wells damns the film with an extra two minutes of demonstrably pat resolutions.

| Aug 13, 2020

I was very underwhelmed with his journey.

| Apr 29, 2020

Go watch Spinning Plates instead.

| Apr 29, 2020

Burnt is a harmless film that is just like a Whopper. It's good when you're with it, you'll most likely enjoy your time with it as well. Yet, if you think about it too much afterwards you may feel a bit bad about yourself.

| Apr 4, 2020

Barreling his way through scene after scene of sweary, shouty kitchen violence, the three-time Oscar nominee excels where the screenplay, script (and everything else) doesn't.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 17, 2019

Burnt is a mess disguised as a feel-good film, and not a very good one at that. Cooper's character is not someone you can root for and even the romance between he and Sienna Miller isn't genuine.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 10, 2019

What could have been a Whiplash-style study of perfectionist obsession is diluted into a middling affair unsure which of its many flavours to plump for.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 8, 2019

While BURNT is unquestionably a feast for the senses, it's missing some of the core ingredients that keep us from truly savoring it.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 30, 2019

Burnt has a talented cast, and the ham-fisted script doesn't do them any favors.

| Jan 30, 2019

With watered down performances and underdeveloped storylines, "Burnt" needs a bit more seasoning, more time to rise and better ingredients to give us the melt-in-your-mouth film.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 22, 2018

I'm sending it back.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 26, 2017

The whole romantic subplot is really off putting.

| Oct 17, 2017

Burnt may be awash in enough images of gastronomic delight to satisfy any foodie, but dramatically it's as familiar and predictable as macaroni and cheese.

| Oct 10, 2017

The final presentation is quite clean and well composed, but lacking in passion to stimulate our narrative palates.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 21, 2017

We never doubt the direction of the plot because it remains consistent despite the hysterics behind the kitchen doors, thus consigning what could have been a great film to the realm of a competent one.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 16, 2017

If you're looking for a movie that really makes you salivate over life, love and saucepans, try Big Night or Mostly Martha. Burnt, alas, is mostly leftovers.

| Jun 27, 2017

An under-cooked comedy about the food business.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 18, 2017