This film following one burnt-out chef's shift in a high-end restaurant makes for a tense, riveting drama .

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 19, 2024

A divine comedy barrelling towards inevitable tragedy, played out in hell's kitchen where someone is bound to get burned.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 9, 2022

A fast-paced and hectic kitchen thriller that, though it tries to spin a few too many plates, pulls you deep into a fascinating, detailed world most of us know little about.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 9, 2022

Boiling Point does a thorough job of parachuting you into the sweaty, unforgiving confines of a restaurant kitchen.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2022

Stephen Graham winds worry round pressure to create a believably one-the-edge chef. The medium is definitely part of the message.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2022

It's an utterly convincing and immersive experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2022

It is a terrific ride driven by Graham's honest, urgent, vulnerable performance.

Full Review | Jan 6, 2022

Some films leave you fed up. This one leaves you feeling well fed. Bon appétit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2022

None of Gordon Ramsay's kitchen nightmares are a patch on this.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2022

The clatter and choreography is thrilling. As with real restaurant staff, the film-makers sweat for our entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2022

Ugh, that ending... but the rest!

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 5, 2022

Graham surely conveys the man's burden with a wary nod to the realities embedded in the profession, and the film gives one a good idea both of what it takes to succeed in the kitchen and how you might not want to stay there forever.

Full Review | Nov 22, 2021

Just marvelous performances all around.

Full Review | Nov 20, 2021

Its strengths are always competing with a regrettable artistic choice on director-co-writer Philip Barantini's part: filming Boiling Point as one unbroken shot.

Full Review | Nov 19, 2021

You'll feel like you've been tenderized like a tough flank steak afterwards.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 18, 2021

An exhilarating workplace drama that's like jumping into a speeding sports car, one inexorably headed for a brick wall. But what a ride it is until it makes its final curve.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2021

Even at its most far-fetched... "Boiling Point" retains an essential sense of integrity thanks to the honest, urgent presence of star Stephen Graham.

Full Review | Aug 27, 2021

Without any cuts to darkness or a camera flash, Barantini follows the dizzying continuous action in the kitchens and out in the dining room as the pressure begins to take its toll on everyone.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2021