Cakes. They're not just a treat; they're an artform. Sundance award-nominated director Laura Gabbert (City of Gold) follows five chefs,...
Cakes. They're not just a treat; they're an artform. Sundance award-nominated director Laura Gabbert (City of Gold) follows five chefs, including the world renowned Yotam Ottolenghi, as they attempt to bring something new, exciting and sumptuous (in cake form) to an extravagant food gala based on the art exhibit "Visitors to Versailles."
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69 %26 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
67 %6 reviewsAudience score rating
"A nuanced look at human achievement that invites a larger conversation about the art it presents and the waste it produces."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"Frustratingly light on the palace's history."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"Anticlimactic..."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"More visually than intellectually edifying."
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Stuff
Stuff"The results are eye-popping, sometimes almost confoundingly so."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Evolves into a complex exploration of the symbiotic relationship between money and art, and questions what the visibility of that conspicuous consumption could portend."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"In its attempt to cram too many narratives and subjects into too short of a running time, it ends up coming across as both overstuffed and oddly undernourished."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"A more nuanced documentary — one that didn’t just feel like evidence of an event that happened at a museum, but a work of art unto itself — might have made a meal out of such ideas, rather than just offering them for dessert."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"For such a sweet film, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles evolves into a complex exploration of the symbiotic relationship between money and art, and questions what the visibility of that conspicuous consumption could portend."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago TribuneOttolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles | Details
- Runtime
- 75
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
