This is basically the end-all-be-all of foodie films. It’s French, there’s cooking galore, and there’s a great love story.

Rather slow, kind of boring in places, artful filming, I think a foodie would love it. Not for the McDonald's and KFC crowd.

Beautiful and touching, watched it twice.

An homage to an epicurean culture that must be seen. Perhaps there was more to the film than that but I was too mesmerised by the evocative exposition of each meal that I may have missed it.

A laboured and visually ugly film about over indulgent, overly privileged men and their dysfunctional relationship with food and women. Juliet Binoche is superb portraying the beautiful depths of her character with grace. The other characters are superficial and faintly ridiculous. The soundscape is interesting being dominated by exaggerated sounds such as heavy breathing, I guess it was supposed to be meaningful or passionate, but it didn't work for me. The sub titles were at times a poor representation of the original French. Some of the scenes had a mukbang quality about them which was not attractive.

A classic French painting, made with tasty ingredients.

The taste of things is a beautiful movie.. I had an strong desire to cook

This is a captivating film luminous with life in a well- to-do French home in 19th century rural France. The relationship between the master of the household and his lover/chef is central. Beyond that, the film is totally about the preparation and appreciation of food, with produce from the garden, wines from its vineyard, and local chickens and other animals. (The French eat everything and prepare all magnificently; there is a reason there are no birds left in France.) The film I saw on Netflix was in French with no subtitles…forcing me to rely on my good, but not great French.

Beautifully shut movie. Actors performances & chemistry are great.

Drama de época sobre el arte de crecer, amar y el de la gastronomía. Destaca sobre todo la actuación de Juliette Binoche. Y la impresión que deja la película es tal que uno quisiera saber más sobre los platillos que se ven en pantalla

Kind of want to run away to the French countryside and leave electricity behind? The opening sequence is mesmerizing and tbh the whole movie is a giant asmr experience; I just kept thinking Reynolds Woodcock would hate this. The lighting and sound design are soooo good + fluid camera movements kept me captivated. Also, it’s full of subtlety with so much conveyed without the use of dialogue, but when it’s not centered on food it loses me a little - I just don’t find Eugénie that interesting as a character (but Pauline!!) / something was missing for me. “Happiness is continuing to desire what we already have”

The successor to Babette's Feast, beautifully shot, and Juliette Binoche is excellent, as usual. If you lover food movies, you'll love it.

An extraordinary movie of love and life. Set in a manor house with fine dining restaurant in France the movie combines the relationship of exquisite food and wine with cooking perfection to weld a deep personal relationship. Acting from both main characters is magnificent as is that of those supporting. Breathtaking cinematography and scenery captivates the beauty of provincial France. Deserves a rating to be included in the best of films this century.

Bit slow moving but still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Absolutely glorious, an epicurean love story, meandering, slow but purposeful - definitely a critics film - won't be for everyone.

It was a immensely beautiful film. I was entranced the entire time. I loved it!!

Long and slow moving, with a very thin and stretched out story interspersed between large sections of cooking, eating and discussions about food. The film begins with a 20 minute sequence where the characters calmly and quietly cook an entire meal with minimal dialogue. It is very artistic and sensual, with focus on the visuals and sounds. The film makers turn up the volume on the sound of food being chopped, chewed in the mouth, and the chef’s disturbingly heavy breathing which sounds as though he would suffocate in his sleep. In short, it was completely boring.

Based on Dodin-Bouffant, created by Swiss author Marcel Rouff in his 1924 novel La Vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, gourmet (The Passionate Epicure), Trần Anh Hùng's French submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature simmers with epicurean delights as a love story of the gourmand and his culinarian with the French haute cuisine they prepare as their language of love.

Simply put, a beautiful movie.

La réalisation et le jeu des acteurs est impeccable. Le film est une ode à la tradition culinaire française, durant lequel sont concoctés une liste fournie de plat emblématiques. En toile de fond la relation entre Dodin et sa cuisinière est plutôt classique. Au final, on passe un moment qui n'est pas désagréable avec une belle esthétique, mais c'est un peu tout.