- williamparr672April 21, 2026Adore it!! Catherine represents my passion for cooking food to its perfection and dealing with rude people who have no idea how to cook.
- ShaydeknightAugust 11, 2026No Reservations is a cute romcom, with a hint of darkness and a splash of tragedy running beneath its otherwise light surface. The setup carries real emotional weight. Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a talented but exacting New York chef, is left to raise her niece Zoe (Abigail Breslin) after Zoe's mother, Kate's sister, dies in a car accident. The arrangement is difficult from the start. Kate has no idea how to care for a child, and Zoe is struggling to adjust to a life she never asked for. Kate's chaotic hours at the restaurant only compound the strain, and things unravel to the point where Paula (Patricia Clarkson) brings in another chef, Nick (Aaron Eckhart), to help pick up the slack. Unfortunately, what follows is remarkably derivative and predictable. Kate and Nick hate each other initially, then fall for each other, in a manner so telegraphed that one can predict nearly every scene days before it arrives. It's about the most tired script I've seen in a long while, and the film never once deviates from it: no surprises, no curveballs, nothing left to chance. The writing is so schmaltzy, so saccharine, so sappy, that one has to wonder why the filmmakers bothered reaching for the emotional material they had (a dead parent, a grieving child) only to bury it under a romantic formula this well-worn. Given the strength of that setup, the script feels like a genuine missed opportunity, one step up from a Hallmark movie and not much more. The cast does a great job with what they're given. Zeta-Jones and Eckhart have decent chemistry, and Breslin holds her own, but no amount of skilled performance can inject surprise into a story that refuses to offer any. The direction is fine and the acting is fine; the story itself is merely adequate and the characters are so stereotypical they make you want to laugh. All in all, No Reservations is watchable but forgettable, more a romcom template than a fresh film. Stick with the original German version Mostly Martha, it's just a better film.
- parktool69August 26, 2025mildly interesting movie
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No Reservations was released on July 27, 2007.
No Reservations was directed by Scott Hicks.
No Reservations has a runtime of 1h 44m.
No Reservations was produced by Sergio Aguero, Kerry Heysen.
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, preparing delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection.
The key characters in No Reservations are Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Nick (Aaron Eckhart), Zoe (Abigail Breslin).
No Reservations is rated PG.
No Reservations is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film.
No Reservations has an audience rating of 6.2 out of 10.
No Reservations had a budget of $28M.
No Reservations has made $92.6M at the box office.