Preview: Pressure Cooker (2009)

Synopsis:

An inner city high school produces top notch chefs in this documentary about a culinary class and its high-pressure results.

• Poster: C-

Review:

Garish. The overabundance of red makes this seem more like some Valentine's Day cooking special than a documentary about challenged high school chefs. The student peeking up over the top of the cookbook adds to the cheesey qualities of the poster.

• Trailer: B

Review:

This seems like an odd idea for a documentary, but what's presented embodies the intrigue of a cooking competition show (like Iron Chef or Hell's Kitchen) with an actual realistic, non-scripted result.

Oscar Prospects:

I haven't seen it, nor will I likely get to, but I can't help but feel I want to root for it to get a nomination, though I'm not sure it can succeed.

Release Date:

• May 27, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (May 3, 2009) Original

-Wesley Lovell (June 7, 2009) New Poster