Sandy Kenyon's Review: Burnt

NEW YORK (WABC) -- My parents started the magazine "Food and Wine" so I was brought up to appreciate the best of both. Fine cuisine is tough to translate on to the big screen, but the new movie called "Burnt" does a decent job even if the story amounts to pretty thin soup.

"Burnt" is a feast for the eyes and bad reviews shouldn't stop you from enjoying its pleasures. Bradley Cooper isn't quite believable as a bad boy chef and the script is weak.

But the chemistry between the 2 leads makes this film worth seeing and it's further proof Sienna Miller is one of the most under-rated performers working today.

The chef is trying to go straight in London after a career in Paris that he barely remembers.

He owes money to a drug dealer in a plot point that goes nowhere. Ditto his relationship with a therapist - a story so insignificant, it doesn't even make the trailer. And there's a rivalry with another chef that's pure cornball.

We have been this before again and again, but I can't hate this movie because of the relationship at its core.

I never quite bought Bradley as arrogant, but their relationship seemed real thanks to a couple of stars who - as 'foodies' like to say elevate the dish.

Watching this one is going to make your hungry for a good meal, but with so many good movies in theaters this fall, you may want to see them first and wait for "Burnt" to pop-up on video in your home.