Movie Review: Anthony Bourdain biopic 'Tony' is just an early nibble at a culinary giant
- The film 'Tony' is a coming-of-age story set over a summer in 1975.
- Dominic Sessa plays a teenage version of Anthony Bourdain, who is depicted as a misfit in the kitchen.
- The movie fails to capture the essence of Bourdain as a culinary icon, focusing instead on his formative years.
- Director Matt Johnson takes liberties with Bourdain's life story, resulting in a film that leaves viewers wanting more.
'Tony,' the Anthony Bourdain biopic, is a coming-of-age tale for a modern culinary giant. Set over just a summer, it’s also clearly an appetizer. Director and co-writer Matt Johnson has frustratingly taken liberties with a formative period in Bourdain’s life, but still only manages to tell the story of how a callow lad became somewhat of a less callow lad after toiling in a restaurant kitchen on Cape Cod in 1975.
Dominic Sessa plays the teenage chef-traveler as an angular misfit, his tall frame hunched, peering at people through a mop of unruly curls. We rarely see moments of joy flash on his face, even for lust or food. The film fails to show how this wannabe writer pivoted to become a global culinary raconteur.
The movie opens with a quote from Bourdain’s memoir, describing himself as a spoiled, miserable, and self-destructive young man. It touches on his love for the kitchen and hard drugs but ultimately does not depict the transformation that made him a culinary icon.
电影评论：安东尼·波登传记片《托尼》只是对烹饪巨人的初步尝试
《托尼》是安东尼·波登的传记片，讲述了现代烹饪巨人的成长故事。设定在一个夏天，它显然只是一个开胃菜。导演兼联合编剧马特·约翰逊对波登生活中的一个重要时期进行了改编，但仍然仅仅讲述了一个年轻人如何在1975年在海角的餐厅厨房中努力工作而变得稍微成熟的故事。
多米尼克·塞萨饰演的青少年厨师旅行者表现为一个瘦削的异类，他的高大身材弯着腰，通过一头凌乱的卷发窥视他人。我们很少看到他脸上闪现快乐的时刻，即使是对欲望或食物的喜悦。影片未能展示这个想当作家的年轻人如何转变为全球烹饪讲述者。
电影以波登的回忆录中的一句话开场，描述自己是一个被宠坏、痛苦和自我毁灭的年轻人。它触及了他对厨房的热爱和对毒品的沉迷，但最终未能描绘出使他成为烹饪偶像的转变。