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The God of Cookery (1996) | Top 19% · CriticCrunch

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The God of Cookery

Movie1996·95 min

The God of Cookery

Directed by Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi

Comedy Drama Fantasy

A comedy drama film directed by Stephen Chow.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 19%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

237 ratings

About The God of Cookery

The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Comedy-driven (9 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Stylized
Story Tags: redemption, ambition hubris, identity self discovery, food culinary, urban, rivals, anti hero, rise and fall, fish out of water

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Details

Director: Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi
Language: Cn

Cast

Stephen Chow, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Nancy Sit Ka-Yin

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How The God of Cookery Ranks

All movies

Top 19%

1990s movies

Top 18%

Comedy movies

Top 16%

1990s Comedy movies

Top 16%

Stephen Chow films#7 of 9

Top 19% All movies.

the vibe

The God of Cookery Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulmoderateapproachablecomedy-drivenpersonalheartfelt

playful

stylized

What it's about

rise & fallfish out of waterredemptionambition hubrisidentity self discoveryanti-herorivalsfood culinaryurban

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

comedy-driven 9/9comedy 9/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful