One shot movie that drags a you along a night in a restaurant. Horrible customers, lovely customers, angry egotistical staff, loving caring stuff,etc, etc
boring, predictable slug
If you are looking for a movie with great performances, and a "plot" where the twists are:
"SPOILER"
Food allergies customer gets food allergie
Irratic chef that dissappears frequently is addicted to coke /in financial trouble
Bravo. I had to keep reminding myself it's a movie.
Impressive! I had no real expectations going in and what a pleasant surprise. This film takes you for a relentlessly stressful ride and the fact that it's shot in single take makes me appreciate it a lot more. It flows so seamlessly from moment to moment and gives you so many different emotions in such a short period of time. The way it bounces between characters is brilliant and each character feels so real and believable.
I hate it when people use the term "career defining performance".
This is a career defining performance from our local boy done well. Such a well made film.
While the single take execution on display here is certainly deserving of praise, I can't help but think of it as the cherry on top of an already great film. The writing and performances are brilliant. The efficiency of character development is absolutely masterful, as the film somehow manages to juggle a large ensemble cast in 90 minutes. Some of these characters don't get more than a few minutes of focus and a few lines of dialogue, but that's all this film needs to make them feel real. This is all anchored and elevated by the powerhouse central performance of Stephen Graham. I am so impressed with the writing and execution of this character. It would have been easy to turn him into a very non-sympathetic caricature of the angry chef, but that's not what we get here. Yes, we get some profanity laced outbursts, but we also get heartfelt apologies and acknowledgements of his own responsibility. This is a man whose life is spiraling out of control and he knows exactly who is to blame: himself. This makes his interactions with his staff all the more tragic. Every time they are caught in the fallout of his mistakes he hates himself all the more. It's an effective portrait of someone who is desperately trying to be a good person, but addiction and self-sabotage are making that an impossible task.
My only critiques would perhaps be that the ending felt a little rushed and that the Alastair Sky storyline didn't feel quite as natural as everything else.
Absolutely fantastic. I felt my heart explode at the end.
There’s this conversation about how the food they serve in this restaurant is simple, unpretentious yet tasteful. This film has a similar punk ethos. It’s a very simple exploration of why working in the hospitality industry is a nightmare, a pressure cooker thriller in the same vein as a film like Uncut Gems (or The Bear, who took this idea for their tv show). For a film that’s only 94 minutes we get a pretty detailed picture. Dumb customers, colleagues who get on each other’s nerves, unexpected guests & orders, flawed characters; it’s all in here and not always executed in the most expected way. With the note it decides to leave on I interpret the film as being a critique of how the industry currently operates, which the rest of the film builds a solid argument for. The third act in particular is some of the finest drama I’ve seen in a while (great acting from everyone involved). Sometimes, however, the portrayal of characters (e.g. the influencers) or dramatic escalation leading up to that point can feel a little forced or inauthentic. There’s obviously meant to be a history between these characters we never got to see, so I can look past some of it. Stylistically, I think it pulls off the illusion of using a single take perfectly. I also liked the subtle use of Dutch angles and shaky cam as things got more stressful. Maybe they could’ve also played around more with making the lighting harsher as the film went along, though that might be impossible given how much the camera moves around. Overall, I really enjoyed this and I’d recommend it to fans of the aforementioned film and tv show.
7.5/10
'Boiling Point' is fab. Stephen Graham is excellent throughout, he has shown his quality as an actor to me many times down the years in different productions and this is no different - great actor. Cool to see him reunite with Alice Feetham onscreen, those two are good in TV's 'Save Me'. The rest of the cast are strong, including Vinette Robinson and Jason Flemyng.
You can tell the dialogue is largely improvised, it feels a little unnatural in one or two moments but for the vast majority it comes across as real. The fact it was shot in one take also makes it all the more riveting. The film does a very fine job at showing the heat of the kitchen, literally. There are a few predictable bits (tables 7, 13), but also some scenes (Jamie) that are the opposite.
All in all, it's very well made and highly watchable. I'd recommend it, for sure.
As I go through this nightmare every time I make a Pot Noodle, I can relate to this film! It's a technical achievement but a bit overdone with the melodrama.
1h 32m of a stressful night at a restaurant done in one single take! Despite this, we get a bunch of great performances from the actors that made me wonder how many times did they restart the whole thing? The answer is FOUR TAKES ONLY, the third take being the one they kept. Boiling Point is a fascinating look into the struggles of working in a restaurant and how it can affect your mental health. Some characters only get one or two scenes to shine and get the point across and they nail it, each one of them represents a different side of the nightmare. I have to say I was a bit bored a few times with some of the conversations but it always picks back up especially in the second half. Excellent escalation and drama in the third act, totally deserving of it's movie title.
Good movie. This kind of movies are masterpieces
Rated a Connor 10, normal 7.7
Allot of yelling and overacting. Also, if you serve a plate, you do not hand it over other people.
Wonderfully immersive. One take w improvisation throughout. A really solid class in tension building. Graham was in top form as per usual. Easy to miss some of the mumbled dialogue here and there. Recommended 7.2 rating for me.
A film of constant tension, a reflection of service in a restaurant that couldn't get any worse, the boiling point of a personal life so disastrous that it permeates work. The one-shot is a technical win, but it's also the best way to show this process of professional and personal breakdown. The writers know what they write about, there are all, absolutely all, the possible profiles that can be found in a restaurant.
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Like a 10-hour shift on a Saturday night after a week of overtime, Boiling Point (aka, Uncut Germs) is exhausting yet rewarding and feels amazing when it's over.
This film would be a fascinating study of the worst night of a chef's life if that's all it were. But when you take into account this 90-minute movie WAS FILMED IN ONE SINGLE TAKE WITH ZERO CUTS... then you realize you're witnessing something special.