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  • 2012
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2012
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary French chef Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned 3-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Sébastien. Having worked with his father for 15 years, Sébastien is ready. But it's not easy to take over the family business when your father is a master in his field. Filmed in the gorgeou...

Directed By: Paul Lacoste

  • 2012
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2012
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 26 m

Step Up To The Plate

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary French chef Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned 3-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Sébastien. Having worked with his father for 15 years, Sébastien is ready. But it's not easy to take over the family business when your father is a master in his field. Filmed in the gorgeou...

Directed By: Paul Lacoste

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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91
Sep 12, 2012
Step Up To The Plate is as much about the passing along of a legacy as it is about cooking.
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90
Sep 13, 2012
What resonates here are two men, two good men, whose lives have a paradoxically simple and complex bond beyond their profession. Step Up to the Plate asserts how family, in multifarious ways, can be the most deeply affecting of ensembles.
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75
Sep 20, 2012
The movie's patient in the way of "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress" or "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." That's where culinary nonfiction is now - sleepy, observant. And, for the most part, that's OK.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 13, 2012
The film's true fascination is in the kitchen, as it is for the chefs themselves.
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75
Sep 12, 2012
Paul Lacoste's almost purely observational approach allows him to come about as close to documenting the process of creation as anyone ever has.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 13, 2012
While foodies are sure to feel sated by the gastronomic splendors of Paul Lacoste's debut documentary, others may walk out with a strange sense of emptiness.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 12, 2012
Step Up to the Plate doesn't skimp on the food-porn goods, but the dynamic between its two stoical subjects is too undercooked to truly resonate.
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Production Company Everybody on the Deck, Le-Lokal Production, Jour2Fête, Hérodiade, Région Midi-Pyrénées
Release Date Sep 14, 2012
Duration 1 h 26 m
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Tagline When chef Michel Bras hands over his legendary restaurant to his son, it will be the most closely watched transition in haute cuisine.
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Awards

Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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