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Boiling Point 2021

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.

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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

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Bravo. I had to keep reminding myself it's a movie.

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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.

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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.

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Absolutely fantastic. I felt my heart explode at the end.

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'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.

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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.

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Good movie. This kind of movies are masterpieces

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Rated a Connor 10, normal 7.7

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Allot of yelling and overacting. Also, if you serve a plate, you do not hand it over other people.

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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.

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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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