Some nice ideas but it all feels a bit sloppily thrown together. Would have preferred more focus on the food, staff and running of the restaurant, and less on partying, sex, cash, crime and so on. We don't get the impression that Fatih Akin really cares much about gastronomy or the dining experience. On top of that, too many silly plot devices, unwanted subplots, clichéd characters and ideas. Rather a missed opportunity, which could have been a cool cult film in a foodie director's hands.

kesinlikle eglendim.

Deus ex much? Meh.

Oh give me a break, if this were an American production, the friends down at Rotten Tomatoes would have piled up on it like *ad lib folksy Southern imagery*. But because it's GERMAN, about dudes of GREEK descent trying to run a RESTAURANT, well! That's it I'm done.

Heartfelt movie, acted with the titular soul, only dragged down by the ho-hum second half.

"The ultimate feeling is of Akin as a frantic chef scrambling to spike a thin soup, throwing in spices and stirring like a madman." - Fernando F. Croce

Soul Kitchen vai muito além de um filme sobre um restaurante. A receita: a situação dos estrangeiros na sociedade alemã contemporânea, uma busca, relações familiares, amor(é claro), uma linda fotografia e um tempero delicioso de humor sutil (mas que chega a ser hilário muitas vezes)