Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 02/01/2002(Canada-
Release Date: 05/28/2002
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
Iceland-born Canadian filmmaker
Sturla Gunnarsson spins this offbeat
comedy about fine food and feathered friends. The owner of a failing gourmet eatery in a small Newfoundland town,
Dave Purcell (
William Hurt) is about to throw in the towel. As he raids his wine cellar and nurses his sorrows, his wacky friend
Alphonse Murphy (
Andy Jones) hatches a scheme to save the restaurant. They announce a faked sighting of a rare bird in the restaurant's vicinity, and soon bird watchers and even celebrities are pouring into the establishment.
Dave's restaurant is so busy, in fact, that he hires
Alphonse's shapely sister-in-law,
Alice (
Molly Parker), and in less time than it takes to burn a soufflé, romantic sparks are flying between the two. Unfortunately,
Alphonse's schemes aren't limited to ornithological fraud. He has some hackneyed plan involving a submarine and a pile of cocaine that could bring down all that
Dave has built. This film was screened at the
2001 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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