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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinBy turns sweet and tart, airy and rich and, above all, a thoroughly irresistible confection.
- 70VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinLike the lemon meringue pies and shrimp cocktails it features throughout, Brit comedy-drama Toast is tasty, hearty and rather conventional.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. Bonham Carter's hearty performance makes Mrs. Potter almost lovable. You may laugh at her garishness, but you applaud her pluck and stamina.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSentimental, obvious, but well-nigh irresistible, this jubilant comedy equates England's bland cuisine with its sexual inhibition and suggests we could all use something a little more tasty (at dinnertime, that is).
- 63St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsToast is lovely to look at, evoking both the gray-green milieu of Midlands life and the sensuality of good food, but it's like a whipped topping with no base.
- 50Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJoan aside, the film goes down easy enough.
- 50Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonSlater's book was evidently an ax-grinder, and the resulting film, directed with tone-deaf comic rhythm by S.J. Clarkson, shows pity and bemusement for the people raising Nigel but rarely human interest in them. More damning still, even the food looks ugly.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickBased on a memoir by Nigel Slater, a British celebrity chef who makes a cameo appearance, Toast also charts the budding chef's growing interest in hunky, scantily clad guys. Be warned: Some of the regional British accents would benefit from subtitles.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrI could pile on the cooking metaphors until you cried "uncle," but the fact remains that there's a very good movie in here that its makers have failed to bring off.