BY ELIZABETH HILLMAN
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In this dramatic comedy, Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) was the top chef in Paris. When his drug and alcohol problems caught up with him, it put his whole career on pause. After problems arose, Jones moved from New Orleans to London. He got another chance at redemption and tried to achieve getting his third Michelin Star.

With a rocky romantic relationship and an extreme traitor, Jones has it hard. Although he has many difficulties, his newly formed ‘Dream Team’ staff helps him through it. I have to admit, this movie wasn’t great in my opinion, It was entertaining, but not a must see.

My dad took me to see this movie, since I’m not 17 and all. No joke, everyone in the theater (besides me) was probably 40 or older. An unexpected twist literally left gasps in the crowd. This movie was made intentionally for adults and older, in my opinion. Although, I’m not saying this movie was bad. It moves slowly through the plot. Burnt is full of laughs, gasps, twists and romance; yet without straying from the integrity of Chef Jones.

Although this movie wasn’t my favorite, the actors and the director himself did a great job. Director John Wells is ‘16 movies strong.’ Including Burnt,
his movies average about a 3.5 star rating according to IMDB. ratings. I haven’t seen any other movies he directed, but it seems as if Wells isn’t the cause of the low ratings. If any of his other movies he directed had a better plot, they probably would have been better.

For Bradley Cooper, this is his 39th movie. Having seen almost all of his movies, I can honestly say he has been in better movies. While comparing the A-Team (Bradley as Templeton Peck) and Burnt, Bradley does a better job acting in Burnt. The A-Team moves faster and has more action, which in my opinion is the reasoning why it has a higher rating. On the contrary, Cooper succeeds at pulling his part of the movie. With his dedication, it seemed as if it was actually happening to him. It seemed almost as if he had a higher passion or connection towards Burnt rather than the A-Team. The passion in his eyes made the movie for me.

While Chef Cooper tried to create the most experienced group of chefs to help him achieve the Michelin Star, Helene (Sienna Miller) was the first chef he wanted to have join. Miller has been a part of about 34 movies/television episodes including Burnt. Although I haven’t seen any of the movies she’s in, she’s a great actor in Burnt. She brings a good balance of emotional and strong willed passion towards this movies.

Burnt was an equal balance of comedy, drama and romance. If it would have moved faster and had some more action, I would have given it 5 stars. Since it doesn’t, I think it follows director John Wells’ streak of a 3.5 rating.