This movie was definitely enjoyable, it is a very lighthearted happily ever after movie. It is fast paced, and generally well-acted. However, there are so many fairy tale aspects to it that I couldn't take it anything more than feelgood but forgettable. Among the things that stretches credulity: the Indian family was supposed to have lost everything, but seems to have plenty of money to travel around in France and buy property. The romance between Hassan and Margeurite is so forced as to be laughable, especially an attractive French girl being single, unattached, almost virginal throughout the movie (never does she have a male companion until Hassan comes & then she's all over him!) Also, let's be realistic, this is 2014, Indian spices and cooking is not that exotic in Europe, and just the addition of spices won't make someone a top chef in record time. So yes, there are a lot of areas which are fairy-tale like, but still there's a lighthearted charm that kept me watching the whole movie without feeling it was too shallow.
Review of The Hundred-Foot Journey
