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Tortilla Soup
on DVD (2001)
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Brief synopsis of Tortilla Soup
In TORTILLA SOUP, a film inspired by director Ang Lee's EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, a Mexican-American master chef living in LA with his three daughters prepares a magnificent dinner each Sunday night to bring his family together. Sunday dinner is a time to make major announcements, to share ideas, and to air the basic frustrations of daily life. It's also a time to critique Dad's cooking because, although he still succeeds in presenting beautiful, mouth-watering dishes, he has lost his sense of taste and his food does not have the same wonderful flavor that it did once. Outside of Sunday dinner, the members of the family live their own lives. Martin, the father (Hector Elizondo), works in a restaurant and entertains the eccentric mother (Raquel Welch) of his close friend and neighbor (Constance Marie). His youngest daughter, Maribel (Tamara Mello) debates whether to go to college and finds a new love interest in Brazilian stud Andy (Nikolai Kinski). The eldest daughter, Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors), is a headstrong, forthright business executive. Stuck in the middle is Letitcia (Elizabeth Pena), a prim school teacher who wants nothing more than to find true love. A light, sweet, playful take on family life in L.A., TORTILLA SOUP is one tasty tamale.
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Radio Times
The showboating of a miscast Raquel Welch and an over-abundance of feel-good elements are the only ingredients to sour this flavoursome remake of Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman. Transposing the scene to a Los Angeles restaurant, the action turns around Hector Elizondo, a chef with failing taste buds. He has a trio of temperamental daughters: sanctimonious teacher Elizabeth Peña, firebrand foodie Jacqueline Obradors and dreamer Tamara Mello. Spanish director Maria Ripoll could have added a pinch more social spice and a little less saccharin to the scenes of sibling bonding, but the performances are splendid and the cooking sequences will have you salivating.
Variety
"...Thanks to a perfectly blended ensemble led by Hector Elizondo, in his best screen role to date, TORTILLA SOUP is a warm-blooded winner with equal emphasis placed on taste buds and heartstrings..."
Los Angeles Times
"...Tasty and nourishing....The film's ensemble cast is headed with understated humor and authority by Elizondo and shows to special advantage Pena's droll gifts as a comedian..."
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