Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles

2020

75 mins

Poster for Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles

Directed by Laura Gabbert
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Documentary

Cakes. They're not just a treat; they're an artform. Sundance award-nominated director Laura Gabbert (City of Gold) follows five chefs,... More

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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Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles | Ratings & Reviews

69_%26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
67_%6 reviews
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"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

"Frustratingly light on the palace's history."

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Sydney Morning Herald

"Anticlimactic..."

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Film Threat

"More visually than intellectually edifying."

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Stuff

"The results are eye-popping, sometimes almost confoundingly so."

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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

"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

"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

"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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