The Bear (2022)
Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
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We hear Tangerine Dream’s “Forks” from the Thief soundtrack…
It also drops in quotes from The Blues Brothers and, in its deftest homage to America’s third-largest metropolis, a decent portion of its score from Michael Mann’s Thief.
I loved when Carmy told Syd she needed a quote for the kitchen, and she immediately produced one from the movie Ratatouille, spoken by Chef Gusteau: “Anyone can cook. But only the fearless can be great.”
And so is the quote from Ratatouille that Syd prepared for the family meal, and that she finds at the end of this episode: “Anybody can cook. Only the fearless can be great.”
…while the see-sawing between Ted Lasso-style positivity to Sopranos-grade acrimony results in tonal whiplash…
…it was beaten in Season Three by The Bear…
…but Shapiro’s spot seems like Pinocchio’s Pleasure Island. It’ll be fun for a bit, but instead of being turned into a real chef, Syd is going to end up a donkey.
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…while the see-sawing between Ted Lasso-style positivity to Sopranos-grade acrimony results in tonal whiplash…
“You’re holding hands like you’re in Tarzan,” she says, and they both start cracking up.
Does Storer have one more gear of fabrication in store, a transition from Tony Scott to Dogville-style Lars von Trier?
It’s arguably the most significant food series since the short-lived adaptation of Kitchen Confidential that ran for 13 episodes back in 2005, starring a young Bradley Cooper.
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…feels like a thrilling blend of Boiling Point and Chef…
At heart, The Bear is a Halt and Catch Fire–style story about people in search of something: liberation from grief, anxiety, and guilt; a means for pure artistic expression; purpose and a place in the world; simply a reason to get up in the morning.