Hotel Splendide
A cross between Delicatessen and The Road to Wellville, this bizarro flick puts Toni Collette in the role of a reluctant chef at a "resort" situated on a muddy "lake" and devoted to fetishism and overboiled-food to cure its patients of whatever ills them. The laughs come at the expense of a kooky cast of misfits -- unfortunately we're laughing at them, not with them. The movie's attempts at being serious, via the stern looks on Collette's face in opposition to the clearly unhealthy surroundings, come off as shallow -- and jeez, what's with that haircut??? So-so, but Delicatessen does this twice as well and with more flair.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
- Director: Terence Gross
- Producer: Ildiko Kemeny
- Screenwriter: Terence Gross
- Stars: Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson, Hugh O'Conor, Helen McCrory, Peter Vaughan
- MPAA Rating: R
- Year of Release: 2000
- Released on Video: Not Yet Available
Rent this film on DVD from Netflix
Buy Hotel Splendide (PAL) on DVD from Amazon.com