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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJust when you think you know where Burnt is headed, there’s an underhanded twist about halfway in. And it’s almost enough to set the movie right.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonEvery thoughtful story beat and every well-observed character moment happens with such predictability and slick professionalism that the whole project seems smothered in bland sweetness.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschCooper can do this kind of arrogant-but-irresistible golden boy shtick in his sleep, but that doesn't make it any less pleasurable to watch. Flashing his baby blues and a fiery temper, the actor gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie’s laziness. Almost.
- 50The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe film’s haphazard construction is made all the more frustrating because somewhere in this material is a much more resonant picture.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBurnt isn’t a bad movie, but the melodrama is overwrought and overdone, the romance warmed over and the “Cocktail” formula shaken, stirred and utterly played.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangAlthough John Wells’ dramedy is energized by its mouth-watering montages and an unsurprisingly fierce lead turn from Cooper, Steven Knight’s script pours on the acid but holds the depth, forcing its fine actors (including Sienna Miller and Daniel Bruhl) to function less as an ensemble than as a motley sort of intervention group.
- 35TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeBurnt ultimately feels like those sous-vide bags that Adam finds so worthy of mockery: trapped in plastic, with the air sucked out of it.
- 25Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianSlant MagazineElise NakhnikianEverything in the by-the-numbers script signals that Adam must transform himself from and abusive tyrant in the kitchen to the head of a loving and fully functional family.