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Boiling Point is a 2021 British drama film directed by Philip Barantini and starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Ray Panthaki and Hannah Walters. It is a one-shot film set in a restaurant kitchen. It is an expansion of a 2019 short film of the same name, also directed by Barantini and starring Graham.[2][3] It was originally planned to record eight takes of the film, but it was only possible to film half of these before a COVID lockdown led to the end of the shoot.[4]

Boiling Point
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Philip Barantini
Written by	Philip Barantini James Cummings
Produced by	Hester Ruoff Bart Ruspoli
Starring	Stephen Graham Vinette Robinson Alice Feetham Hannah Walters Malachi Kirby Taz Skylar Lauryn Ajufo Daniel Larkai Lourdes Faberes Jason Flemyng Ray Panthaki
Cinematography	Matthew Lewis
Edited by	Alex Fountain
Music by	Aaron May David Ridley
Production companies	Ascendant Films Burton Fox Films
Distributed by	Vertigo Releasing
Release dates	23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) (Karlovy Vary) 7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) (United Kingdom)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$1,142,493[1]

The film premiered at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 23 August 2021.[5] It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2022.[6] The film was met with critical acclaim. At the 75th British Academy Film Awards, the film received four nominations: Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (writer James Cummings and producer Hester Ruoff), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Graham) and Best Casting (Carolyn Mcleod).[7]

A sequel series for the BBC has been confirmed, with Graham, Robinson and Walters reprising their roles. Philip Barantini will direct the first two episodes and James Cummings will return as writer.[8]

Plot

Andy Jones is Head Chef of Jones & Sons, an upmarket restaurant in London. Andy is embarrassed to learn that his restaurant has been downgraded from a 5 star Health and Safety rating to 3 stars following an inspection. After the inspector leaves, Andy reprimands the kitchen staff for their lack of thoroughness. Front of house Beth holds a short meeting to discuss the evening's service being overbooked. She also mentions that they have a marriage proposal on one table and a booking for celebrity chef Alastair Skye, for whom Andy previously worked, plus his guest for the evening, a known food critic.

During dinner service, conflict begins to brew in the kitchen and dining room. Beth annoys the kitchen staff with micro-management, a black waitress is treated with hostility by an aggressive guest (in contrast to her white colleague), a young pastry chef is revealed to be self-harming, a pregnant kitchen porter spars with a lazy and disrespectful co-worker, and the new cold chef Camille, who is from France, struggles with the language barrier. Tension grows until Beth demands the already-stressed chef Carly make off-menu items to appease "influencer" guests; Carly finally blows up at her, telling her that she is failing the restaurant with her lack of ability. Beth retreats to the toilets in tears, admitting to her father on the phone that she does not think the job is right for her. Andy serves Alastair's table, where Alistair reveals that Andy owes him £200,000 and wants the payment in full to cover his private losses. Andy explains that he does not have the money to pay him back. Alistair offers to work together again and to split Andy's 30% ownership of the restaurant with him.

Things then take a turn for the worse when a guest suffers a severe allergic reaction, which Camille had inadvertently caused. Taking advantage of the situation, Alastair informs Andy that Carly should take the fall or else the restaurant as well as their potential partnership will fail. After the guest is picked up by an ambulance, the kitchen staff and Beth meet at the back of kitchen to work out the cause of the allergic reaction. They conclude that it was in fact Andy's fault the food was contaminated; he had instructed Camille to use a bottle containing walnut oil for the garnish earlier. This culminates in one of the chefs, Freeman, lambasting Andy for his constant lateness and mistakes as well as his rampant alcoholism. A fight nearly breaks out between Andy and Freeman, which Carly prevents.

The staff return to work and Andy then reveals to Carly that Alastair wanted him to lay the blame on her, which leads to Carly quitting. Andy goes to his office, where he drinks vodka and snorts a white powder (which may be heroin or cocaine). He calls his ex-wife, and asks her to tell his son he loves him, and that he will go to rehab. After ending the call, Andy throws away the drugs and alcohol and starts to return to the kitchen before collapsing. The staff's voices can be heard calling his name.

Cast

• Stephen Graham as Andy Jones
• Vinette Robinson as Carly
• Alice Feetham as Beth
• Hannah Walters as Emily
• Malachi Kirby as Tony
• Izuka Hoyle as Camille
• Taz Skylar as Billy
• Lauryn Ajufo as Andrea
• Jason Flemyng as Alastair Skye
• Ray Panthaki as Freeman
• Lourdes Faberes as Sara Southworth
• Áine Rose Daly as Robyn
• Daniel Larkai as Jake

Reception

Box office

In the United Kingdom, the film earned $107,525 from fifty-three theaters in its opening weekend. The film went on to gross $1,142,493 worldwide.[1]

Critical response

The film received critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 67 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads, "Gripping from start to finish, Boiling Point uses its bold formal approach to support a thrilling tightrope of a tale."[9] At the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, Boiling Point was nominated for eleven awards and won four — including Best Supporting Actress for Vinette Robinson, Best Casting, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.[10]

Glenn Kenny of The New York Times noted in regards to the film's one-shot nature that, "when [the camera] trails a restaurant worker taking out the trash, the viewer knows they're not being removed from the central action just to observe labor — there's a plot point to be ticked."[11]

References

External links

• Boiling Point at IMDb
• Boiling Point at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Boiling Point (2021)

Boiling Point ist ein Thriller von Philip Barantini, der im August 2021 beim Karlovy Vary International Film Festival seine Premiere feierte und im Januar 2022 in die Kinos im Vereinigten Königreich kam.

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- [en] Boiling Point (2021 film)

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[es] Hierve

Hierve (en inglés, Boiling Point) es una película dramática británica de 2021 dirigida por Philip Barantini y protagonizada por Stephen Graham. Es una película de un solo plano ambientada en la cocina de un restaurante. Es una expansión de un cortometraje de 2019 del mismo nombre, también dirigido por Barantini y protagonizado por Graham.[1][2]

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[ru] Точка кипения (фильм, 2021)

«Точка кипения» (англ. Boiling Point) — британский художественный фильм 2021 года режиссёра Филипа Барантини. Главные роли в нём сыграли Стивен Грэм и Джейсон Флеминг. Премьера картины состоялась в августе 2021 года на кинофестивале в Карловых Варах, в прокат фильм выходит в мае 2022 года. Он был благожелательно встречен критиками и получил четыре номинации на премию BAFTA.

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