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- 2021
- TV-PG
- Disney+
- 1 h 18 m
- 2021
- TV-PG
- Disney+
- 1 h 18 m
Summary An intimate portrait of the life and work of the original "celebrity chef," Wolfgang Puck.
Directed By: David Gelb
Written By: Brian McGinn
- 2021
- TV-PG
- Disney+
- 1 h 18 m
- 2021
- TV-PG
- Disney+
- 1 h 18 m
Wolfgang
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Summary An intimate portrait of the life and work of the original "celebrity chef," Wolfgang Puck.
Directed By: David Gelb
Written By: Brian McGinn
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
64
86% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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As Wolfgang, directed by David Gelb (“Jiro Dreams of Sushi”), entertainingly captures, Puck tumbled into innovations that became more influential than anyone, including him, might have expected.
The most impressive element of Wolfgang is the amount of ground it manages to cover in 78 minutes without ever seeming to rush over anything.
Wolfgang examines the life and game-changing career of Wolfgang Puck in a visually engaging and charming way. While it repeats itself every so often, the food on display is delectable, and every interview is a trove of information.
Like so many recent documentaries that focus on cultural icons, Wolfgang isn’t a deep dive but more of a profile, and an appreciation.
Wolfgang nicely demonstrates how its namesake fundamentally impacted the world of cooking – and especially how high-end food is perceived – while carving out a pretty sweet life for himself in the process. For that alone it’s worth watching, even if, as documentaries go, it’s less a main course than an appetizer.
Like the DisneyNature films, it’s strikingly pretty, not just in its gorgeous views of the Austrian countryside, but also in the interiors populated by talking heads and delectable foodstuffs. It’s also startlingly tame, as if its subject, famous celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, was a commodity whose brand needed to be protected.
A fairly vapid and shallow affair, even by the low standards of the celebrity bio-doc subgenre, Wolfgang provides copious archival montages of “the first celebrity chef” (Julia Child apparently didn’t count), but precious little understanding of what actually makes him tick.
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Production Company
Supper Club
Release Date Jun 25, 2021
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating TV-PG
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