威廉赫特(William Hurt)大显绅士矜持和中年沧桑的近年佳作。这次赫特饰演胸怀理想的大厨戴夫，年视在人迹罕见的纽芬兰悬崖上开了家高级法国餐厅，年视初时自然门可罗雀，好在蛊惑邻居出谋献策，谣传此区出现珍贵海鸟，刹时间观鸟者蜂涌而来，戴夫的餐厅亦成为潮流热点。谁知蛊惑邻居是福星，也是祸星，不但随他来餐厅打工的姨仔（《私人红灯区》的茉莉·柏嘉Molly Parker饰）把戴夫推进恋爱迷雾，他秘藏的白色粉末更招来各路英雄对餐厅虎视眈眈......导演史托拉根那逊获誉为加拿大电影的新希望，把一部黑色喜剧拍得风趣脱俗、佳句连篇。三主角一冷一热一娇，化学作用强，演绎男性友谊和忘年奇恋亦是情味浓郁。
夏宇童
回复 :八旬老翁金茂独自住在平溪的透天厝里，老伴已先行离世，儿女皆已各自安身立命于台北。尽管健康走下坡，台北仍是一个金茂永远都亲近不了的地方，医院几乎是他对这城市的唯一印象。某日，金茂又因胃痛住院。病房里，步入壮年的儿女再度因他的照护问题争吵。然而，一场意外让金茂辗转住进了安养院，就算孙子凯凯捎来结婚喜讯，也丝毫没有消弭金茂的低落情绪。这天，女儿推轮椅带金茂上街，想带他为孙子的婚礼订做新西装。殊不知，对金茂而言，西装早已有着完全不同的意涵。
金昌勋
回复 :越调剧。三国时，孙权与刘备结盟，共抗曹操。刘备借东吴之地荆州养息兵马，周瑜深以为患，特派鲁肃前往蜀国讨还荆州。鲁肃空手而回，说刘备请示再宽限几载，待夺取西川后一定归还。周瑜大怒，遂定一计，亲率五万人马，直奔荆州，名义上是帮刘备夺取西川，实想暗袭荆州，生擒刘备、诸葛亮。诸葛亮识破周瑜诡计，决定先礼后兵。当周瑜率兵来到荆州城外时，汉军列队相迎，诸葛亮亲向周瑜敬酒。周瑜掷酒杯于地，命手下兵将捉拿诸葛亮。诸葛亮晓以联盟抗曹的大义，奉劝周瑜速速退兵。周瑜不听，命吴军围困荆州。两军在城外展开激战，周瑜大败，退至芦花荡，正中张飞埋伏，周瑜马陷泥潭，向张飞告饶，才得以活命。周瑜落荒而逃，后撤巴丘。周瑜在巴丘忧愤而亡。周瑜的夫人小乔忽听到周瑜死讯，悲痛欲绝。孙权降下为周瑜报仇雪恨的诏书，小乔与东吴众将要求火速发兵。只有鲁肃劝大家提防曹操与刘备结盟，发兵之事要三思而行。诸葛亮过江前来吊孝。张昭传令一千名士兵埋伏在灵堂四周，以小乔摔杯为号，捉拿诸葛亮。诸葛亮进入灵堂，知有埋伏，嘱赵云多加提防。他痛哭着跪在周瑜灵牌之前，献祭文，盛赞周瑜的功勋。小乔几次欲拿酒杯，都受到赵云盯视而缩回手来。最后，小乔暗暗端起一杯酒，往地下猛摔，却被鲁肃用袍子接住。小乔见诸葛亮哭诉前情，深受感动，对生杀二字难下决断。赵云见势危急，催捉军师告辞，被张昭拦住。诸葛亮对张昭晓以大义，言明曹操久欲报赤壁之仇，若你我两家相争，岂不叫渔翁得利吗？这时，忽报曹操带领数十万人马，有犯江东之势，军情十分危急。张昭忙向诸葛亮道歉，并求教抗曹之策。诸葛亮重申：应遵循赤壁之约，牢守孙刘之盟，协力同心，共抗曹兵。张昭大喜，遂将诸葛亮请至后堂，共商抗曹大计。
乔斯史东
回复 :Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...
