Chef Flynn

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Chef Flynn

2018

1h 22m

Documentary

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Ten-year-old Flynn McGarry transforms his living room into a supper club using his classmates as line cooks. Achieving sudden fame, Flynn outgrows his bedroom kitchen and sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.

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Chef Flynn might have cut a little deeper into its subject's story, but this entertaining overview of a precocious talent's rise to acclaim still has enough flavor to satisfy.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

01/25/2019

2.5/4

The film doesn't quite come together.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

12/06/2018

3/5

Just wait for the grainy color film of the toddler version of the movie's titular chef blithely playing on the floor with his own pots and pans in fated anticipation of his future calling. It's too adorbs for words.

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

11/23/2018

2.5/4

Flynn, who looks like a younger version of the young Christian Slater, is skinny, intense, a bit wary. If you've ever been the parent of a male adolescent - if you've ever been a male adolescent - you'll recognize him.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

06/09/2024

Why is not anyone worried about a kid working nonstop or do child labor laws not apply as well? Where are his friends? Because after service, he cannot go out drinking at bars with his coworkers.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

03/26/2021

2.5/5

McGarry is a fascinating subject, but 'Chef Flynn' is too fascinated with him to paint a proper portrait.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

07/07/2020

3/4

It's impossible to watch the film and not be impressed by his gastronomy skills, even if his personality and perfectly quaffed hair might rub you the wrong way.

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06/07/2019

Love the story, love the determination, and I may just go ahead and make that reservation at Gem!

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04/10/2019

White privilege at its best. When my son missed 3 days of school I was warned that they would call social services on me. But this kid can drop out because he has a job? Bs

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04/09/2019

Great documentary on an excellent young chef. Good kid and very talented.

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04/06/2019

Good for you, Chef Flynn! Most people would do anything to have the passion for their occupation that you have for yours. Rock on!

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03/31/2019

Chef Flynn is a terrific true tale of an unschooler, and how hardship tempers and forms us. At its heart is Flynn, altogether charming in his steadfast focus on the prize, adding the title Chef to his name. Behind the scenes, but everywhere in Flynn's life, is Meg, his unconventional mom, cheerleader, and the one who makes sure that what her child wants happens. Some would say after parents split, with Flynn's father suffering from alcoholism and depression, that he would need school and activities to be whole. Wisely his mom listened to her son and followed his vision for his own life, enabling him to form and realize his dream bit by bit. Only by being an unshooler at home was he able to dive deeply into the work that called him and become an expert at a young age. Kudos to Meg and parents like her. She admits that she had a different vision for her life before she discovered how much she loved being a mom. It's really a testament to the love of Flynn's parents that they provided the support for their son to learn to fly and take off to soar on their own. Team Flynn FTW!

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11/21/2018

Wonderful movie and loved the way the story was told! Inspiring, uplifting and fun! And the food, wow!

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Synopsis

Ten-year-old Flynn McGarry transforms his living room into a supper club using his classmates as line cooks. Achieving sudden fame, Flynn outgrows his bedroom kitchen and sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.

Director: Cameron Yates
Producer: Laura Coxson, Cameron Yates
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $67.9K
Runtime: 1h 22m

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