Good idea but...
Christine
from
Kerry,
05 May 2012
The idea is good and sensual but even I have lived in Greece and understand the Greeks just DONT have the sensuality like Italians or other cultures. MY opinion....so nice try but not really remaining in my memory.....
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The spices in life
Marion
from
Donegal,
18 Nov 2010
Loved the story! There is a fine thread going through the whole story, connecting different places, characters and different times. There is a world of imagination, real life moments which are sometimes sad, other times funny, there is this richness of flavours and taste - I could nearly taste and smell it myself by watching the story, getting into the passion for spices and their connection to real life ... Loved all the little details, and while watching a second time discovered more of them a
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
Nice
karen
from
Mayo,
24 Aug 2010
REminded me of Cinema Paradiso, only not as good. Pleasant to look at, but it didnt leave me feeling very satisfied with the overall story.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Sweet film, not all that memorable
laura
from
Dublin,
01 Mar 2010
Some of the computer generated sequences, when the camera is panning around towns or rooms are very patchy, and look like they were put together by a student. However, the core idea of the film is sweet and the performances enjoyable.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
A Touch of Spice
Donald
from
Dublin,
31 Mar 2009
Something farmiliar and truely beautiful about this movie. The characters are really well developed and the cultural refrences are so charming. Beautiful film!!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
A Touch Of Spice
Frances
from
Clare,
29 Oct 2008
A beautiful movie ... loved it
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
A Touch of Spice
Joanne
from
Dublin,
26 Jun 2008
A lovely film, easy to watch but it doesn't quite deliver somehow. Mostly in greek with subtitles but I hardly noticed. Heartwarming, a little sad at times but a most enjoyable film all in all. Definately a chick flick though!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Turkish delight
anne
from
Dublin,
25 Feb 2008
Rather ponderous film about a Greek Turk expelled from Turkey.
0 people out of 1 found this review helpful
Not all it's spiced up to be!
Mitzie
from
Mayo,
11 Feb 2008
I liked the first part with the young boy but when it got to the main course and desserts! it just dragged. A very slow movie, not as good as I thought it was going to be.
1 people out of 2 found this review helpful
A touch of spice
nikki
from
Dublin,
03 Jan 2008
A film with a touch of nostalgia, enchanting little boy, worth the watch.
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
A Touch Of Spice
Lyn
from
Cork,
07 Dec 2007
Heart-warming yet bitter-sweet story of a man's life growing up as an alien in Istanbul as a child of a mixed-race marriage. Beautifully filmed, wonderfully allegorical, an absolute joy to watch - never mind the subtitles!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
a touch of spice
Claudia
from
Dublin,
22 Nov 2007
not great
0 people out of 2 found this review helpful
A Touch Of Spice
Heather
from
Dublin,
06 Oct 2007
Interesting and colourful movie, but strange plot.
0 people out of 1 found this review helpful
A Touch of Spice
Caitríona
from
Wicklow,
27 Sep 2007
While most of the film is in Greek with English subtitles! At least I think it was Greek.
I really that this was a super film. A little bit of historical interest, a little romance with a very gentle and sad story line. It is also not in the usual "hollywood mould" - not Hollywood production.
Would slightly query cert. in view of first opening shot? But taking the entire film in context, it made sense. Really, really enjoyed this film and would have no hesitation in recommending it
6 people out of 6 found this review helpful
A Touch of Spice
Martin
from
Clare,
27 Jul 2007
Enjoyed it no end. Great to see Istanbul again having been there this summer.
0 people out of 2 found this review helpful
Food for thought!
Chris
from
Cork,
20 Jul 2007
Life seen through the eyes of a Greek boy who spent his childhood in his savvy grandfather's spice shop in Turkey. Politics separates these two friends and the child is miserable but takes to cooking despite the opposition he encounters from all those round him. He pines for a girl he knew before he left the Bosphorus, returns to Turkey and finds her but she's married and unavailable. A pleasant movie in the league of Like water for Choclate, Babette's feast, Tortilla Soup, Mostly Martha ..
4 people out of 5 found this review helpful
A Touch of Spice
Richard
from
Dublin,
27 Jun 2007
Moves extremely slowly, but with some good moments. Very strange how, all the way through the movie, they speak in Greek. Then, at the end, for some unknown reason they all switch to english. Very longwinded and not enough of a story to keep you interested
5 people out of 5 found this review helpful