The Kitchen

2023
R
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

Jedaiah Bannerman and Kano in The Kitchen (2023)

In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.

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In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their ho... Read allIn a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.

Directors
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Kibwe Tavares
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Kibwe Tavares
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
Kibwe Tavares's feature directorial debut.

Goofs
The day Izi meets Benji, he receives a message saying "You have 21 days to secure your property." The next day, the placard on Toni Clarke's urn says day 2. When Izi goes to pay the deposit for the flat, the kiosk says it will be ready tomorrow and the placard says day 16. It has only been 17 days when he moves in.

Quotes
Izi: Would you want me to be?
Benji: Let's just see how it goes.

Connections
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 927: The Curse (2024)

Soundtracks
Walk Away
Written by Charles Kipps
Performed by Bitty McClean

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Review

Featured review

2/10

Pot Noodle.

Bland. Mucky & Pointless. Offers no value. Leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

The movie is just too vague and low on ingredients (or a real story) to offer it's audience anything of worth.

The setting and timeframe feels stolen from a much better dystopian movie which offers nothing to the plot. The SciFi elements feel more like they are added to reinforce an idea which is already wafer-thin and feels hindered by budget to actually create any impact.

The story is more of a premise that hasn't been formulated into anything, which combined by the weak characters results in a complete lack of focus where no one really stands out, there is no one to root for and by the end you don't care about any of them.

And what leaves a bad taste in the mouth is that the trailer is deceptively misleading. You think you're getting something gourmet but it's just boil in the bag.