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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 79TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondYou can go to Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles for the delectable excess, but you’ll stick around for the quiet, cautionary notes between bites.
- 75Chicago TribuneKatie WalshChicago TribuneKatie WalshFor such a sweet film, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles evolves into a complex exploration of the symbiotic relationship between money and art, and questions what the visibility of that conspicuous consumption could portend.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyUltimately the results are eye-popping, sometimes almost confoundingly so.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWatching Ottolenghi’s achievement from the other side of a screen only serves to reaffirm his point that looking at the world isn’t the same as feeling it on your tastebuds. A more nuanced documentary — one that didn’t just feel like evidence of an event that happened at a museum, but a work of art unto itself — might have made a meal out of such ideas, rather than just offering them for dessert.
- 50RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiIn its attempt to cram too many narratives and subjects into too short of a running time, it ends up coming across as both overstuffed and oddly undernourished.
- 50Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievAt 75 minutes, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles goes down easily but lacks a distinctive flavor.
- 40Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerIf what you want is a fancier episode of The Great British Baking Show, then you'll "ooh" and "ah" at all the right moments as Ottolenghi assembles his kitchen of world-class patisserie chefs and jelly experts.