You can’t make a feel good movie and more ‘feel gooder’ than Mostly Martha. Obsessive gourmet chef, Martha. has her world turned upside down when she has to take care of newly orphaned niece Lina. This pressure in turn means that she has to let a handsome Italian chef disrupt first her extremely well run kitchen and then her life.
Lina makes her life hell – by refusing to eat – and causing trouble at school – and Italian chefs are well – Italian – which means cheerful – noisy – happy – which clearly has an effect on the kitchen staff – which are mostly female – and of course a little less organised. Soon Martha is having child problems and feeling very threatened at work.
What makes this film extremely good is the charm of the direction, brilliant casting, the attention to detail and some of the side issues. I particularly liked Martha’s sessions with a psychotherapist – ordered by her boss – where she has difficulty talking about anything but food – and – clearly driving him to distraction.
Go and see.
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