A Taste of Hunger

Well made and well acted, and with a fascinating backdrop of top-class cooking and food preparation, the film suffers only from its somewhat predictable plot.

An intimate and absorbing analysis of a marriage brought to breaking point by the pressure of a shared ambition gone sour.

Definitely a foodie film... A powerful film in a certain way.

Maggi's deconstruction of Carsten's dish works better for the restaurant than deconstructing the storyline works for the movie.

It's a tribute to the sizzle of the central relationship that you want all that silly plot stuff to go away so Maggi and Carsten can kiss some more. They're the main course, and the most zestful one, in an alluring but overcooked feast.

The effect is a movie that resembles nothing so much as the centerpiece of the Malus menu - a hot dog made with elevated ingredients.

... Although seasoned with a healthy amount of food porn, this drama focuses more on the dissolution of a marriage.

A mature look into the fissures of a personal and professional partnership as it faces imminent failure on all fronts.

Blinkered desire is a bittersweet dish, no matter how prettily it’s plated.

A must for food porn fans and lovers of thought-provoking, tension-filled relationship-focused tales.