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  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Three-star chef Ferran Adrià is widely considered the best, most innovative and craziest chef in the world. In his kitchen, that which was once familiar disintegrates. Each year his restaurant El Bulli closes for half a year – time for Adrià and his team to retire to his Barcelona cooking laboratory to create the new menu for the coming ...

Directed By: Gereon Wetzel

Written By: Anna Ginestí Rosell, Gereon Wetzel

  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 48 m

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Three-star chef Ferran Adrià is widely considered the best, most innovative and craziest chef in the world. In his kitchen, that which was once familiar disintegrates. Each year his restaurant El Bulli closes for half a year – time for Adrià and his team to retire to his Barcelona cooking laboratory to create the new menu for the coming ...

Directed By: Gereon Wetzel

Written By: Anna Ginestí Rosell, Gereon Wetzel

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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91
Aug 10, 2011
El Bulli becomes a haunting celebration of the human desire to turn food into art - even if the results are consciously insane.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 10, 2011
A fly-on-the-wall look at the inner workings of the famed Spanish palace of avant-garde gastronomy that closed its doors in July. If you're passionate (and open-minded) about food, you'll be fascinated.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 28, 2011
There's nothing particularly distinctive or engaging about Wetzel's fly-on-the-wall style, which feels like second-hand Frederick Wiseman. But for hardcore foodies, El Bulli offers a clear, unvarnished look at the master at work.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 25, 2011
A unique restaurant like El Bulli probably deserves a more creative documentary than El Bulli: Cooking in Progress, a static portrait that comes off as less than inspired by its unusual subject.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 28, 2011
For all the innovative dishes we watch being concocted, the movie needs another ingredient or two for flavor enhancement and full satisfaction.
By John P. McCarthy FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 4, 2011
El Bulli barely registers a pulse stronger than a book's. There is no narration, there are no interviews and forget about any apron-ripping drama, as presented nightly on the Food Network.
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 26, 2011
Anyone looking for the lowdown on haute cuisine will be sorely disappointed: devoid of emotion, context or narrative, the baffling avant-garde techniques and extreme politesse of the lab become oppressively dull.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company if... Productions, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date Jul 27, 2011
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.elbullimovie.com/
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Awards

Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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