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Tortilla Soup

Tortilla Soup

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2001

A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.

Movie details

Tortilla Soup

“A comedy to arouse your appetite.”

2001 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Tortilla Soup?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

María Ripoll

Written by

Tom Musca · Vera Blasi · Ramón Menéndez

Jacqueline Obradors

Jacqueline Obradors

Carmen Naranjo

Tamara Mello

Tamara Mello

Maribel Naranjo

Judy Herrera

Judy Herrera

Eden

Nikolai Kinski

Nikolai Kinski

Andy

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña

Leticia Narnjo

Constance Marie

Constance Marie

Yolanda

Troy Ruptash

Troy Ruptash

Hairdresser

Court is in session

Put Tortilla Soup on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.