Rating : - Enjoyable movie
This is a movie with humor, pathos, and romance. Catherine Zeta-Jones is great as the perfectionist chef, Kate, and Aaron Eckhard is charming as her costar in the kitchen. Abigail Breslin as the orphaned niece is very believable. This movie reminded me of An Unexpected Life, in which Stockard Channing is unprepared--but still forced--to take in her sister's children and then falls in love with them as she realizes the inestimable value of the children. A more humorous version of this story line is Baby Boom with Diane Keaton, which is completely delightful. No Reservations allows Kate to find out that there is more to life than being at the top; family is what makes success worthwhile. My only disappointment is in the DVD's feature--an episode of Food TV's "Unwrapped," about this movie. Would rather have seen the usual commentary about how the movie was made.