Soul Kitchen, Some Kitchen no soul

This is a cute movie from Fatih Akin, but Fatih Akin's best movies like Head On and Edge of Heaven are not cute.

I love food and stories of restaurants that came together out of nothing and made it, but this one doesn't come together for the love of food, it comes together because of location.

This story reminded me more of a Doris Dorrie film with it's hard to believe characters like Illias, the jailbird and perpetual gambler played by Moritz Bleibtreu, and Neumann, the nasty capitalist.

Once again, Akin brought together a fun cast of characters and gave a peak into the lives of two groups of Auslander, the Turks and the Greeks. The message the film sends about Greeks struggles between cementing stereotypes and disproving them.

Fun to watch, but light.