Noma – 5

This was more of a press release than a documentary, as there was no story, unless you count Noma’s regaining its position as #1 restaurant in the world in the unexplained but totally unscientific annual contest now sponsored by San Pellegrino. Potential subplots emerged – how “Nordic cuisine” was invented from locally sourced ingredients; how chef Rene Redzepi dealt with his status as a Muslim immigrant in Denmark; how Redzepi ran his kitchen; how Noma recovered from having 63 diners poisoned by norovirus – but they all sort of petered out. Finally, we just grew tired of Redzepi, and his frequent and unnecessary insertion of “fucking” into his sentences. And we never got a sense of what a meal at Noma is like. Instead of leaving the theater with our mouths watering, I felt this is one restaurant I’m not going out of my way to dine at.

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