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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpPaste MagazineAndrew CrumpLike the best “food porn” movies, Ramen Shop is an expression of authentic passion, the kind fostered by abiding connections not simply to food but to the people, places and times food recalls.
- 75The Film StageThe Film StageRamen Shop has its charms, but it’s a bit too lightweight to leave a lasting impact.
- 75RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRamen Shop believes that the healing power of food can satisfy our hunger for comfort in difficult times, and that should be filling enough for now.
- 75Film ThreatAlan NgFilm ThreatAlan NgIhara and Aw’s love story feels real and plays well as represented through fine cuisine.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeIf you can tolerate a little saccharine piano music and ethereal backlighting with your food porn, Ramen Shop is an appetizing little bite of multicultural foodie edutainment.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungIt is saved by its underlying theme of forgiveness and reconciliation between long-estranged family members, for whom the cruel memory of the Japanese invasion and occupation of Singapore during World War 2 is still alive.
- 60VarietyMaggie LeeVarietyMaggie LeeBringing two of Singapore and Japan’s most popular dishes (bak kut teh and ramen) together in a film about cultural and culinary fusion, Singaporean auteur Eric Khoo’s “Ramen Teh” is cinematically more comfort food than haute cuisine.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergA drama from the Singaporean director Eric Khoo that also demonstrates the power of Instagrammable cuisine to spice up an otherwise straightforward, sentimental film.
- 50Slant MagazinePeter GoldbergSlant MagazinePeter GoldbergIts drawn-out descriptions of culinary traditions and practices are enticing enough, but the same can’t be said about the characterizations.
- 50Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayFor all of its foodie appeal, however, Ramen Shop is a wispily sentimental enterprise, full of perfunctory transitions, maudlin plot twists and awkward time shifts between past and present.