Soul Kitchen

A FILM BY Fatih Akin

Soul Kitchen is nicely underlit... diverting and amusing, with a likeably rough-hewn set of characters. """"

- Mark Demetrius, Film Ink

[Fatih Akin] portrait of Hamburg as a multicultural hothouse where real estate tycoons, rock musicians, hipster entrepreneurs and grizzled German seamen collide in the same restaurant is undeniably appealing.""""

- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

With brisk pacing, sharp ideas and eclectic music, Akim and cinematographer Rainer Klausmann make ""Soul Kitchen"" a place for audiences to savor.""""

- Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter

A [?] comedy that never loses its exuberance.

- Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sizzles with delights!

- Joe Morgenstern, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Foodies will drool on demand.

- Anthony Lane, THE NEW YORKER

<4/5 Stars>

- Joshua Rothkopf, TIME OUT NEW YORK

<4.5/5 Stars>

- Pam Grady, BOX OFFICE MAGAZINE

Synopsis

Gut-busting laughs are on the menu in Fatih Akin’s hilarious follow up to his critically acclaimed hits Head-On and The Edge of Heaven. When down-and-out restaurateur Zinos attempts to follow his recently relocated girlfriend to Shanghai, he leaves his troubled blue-collar restaurant, Soul Kitchen, in the hands of his shady ex-con brother—a disastrous decision that puts the restaurant’s future in jeopardy. But if the brothers can stop their bickering and pull it together, Soul Kitchen might have one last shot at survival…