All Stirred Up!

[1] The film stars Julie Le Breton as Sonia, a Canada Customs border agent who confiscates the contents of a car being driven by French chef Victor (Édouard Baer), only to subsequently need his help when her daughter Lili-Beth (Élodie Fontaine) decides to enter a cooking competition despite barely knowing how to cook.

[2] The cast also includes Sylvain Marcel, Dominic Paquet, Normand Chouinard, Michèle Deslauriers, Oussama Fares and Douaa Kachache in supporting roles.

Full of good intentions, populated by characters bordering on caricature, and intended to be a celebration of solidarity and diversity, the story evolves at a lethargic pace that even Yvann Thibaudeau's playful editing cannot bring out of its torpor.

"[8] For the Salmon Arm Observer, Joanne Sargent stated in her Cinemaphile column: "Tous Toques is a gem of a movie about the unexpected twists that shape our experiences.

Despite a few good moments here and there, the film does not avoid certain clichés of the genre (we are thinking in particular of the inevitable gags about the culture shock experienced by the French chef in Quebec) and suffers from a scenario that is too conventional and predictable.