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Press Quotes:
"Depardieu and Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Little Odessa), as the Marquis de Lauzun, the King's scheming right hand man, give performances that will rank as the best of their careers." -- Hollywoodmovie.com review
"I am glad to find a Depardieu with no excess (unlike ASTERIX or THE MAN WITH THE IRON MASK)... he's really playing Vatel with calm and humanity." -- Ain't it Cool Review
"Francois Vatel was an early predecessor of today's celebrity gourmet chefs. He was probably the first to . . . challenge the arrogance of his blue-blooded clientele head-on with his own outstanding creativity. Gerard Depardieu certainly plays him this way, in any case, and creates that something extra which lifts Joffe's visually sumptuous work above and beyond many other costume dramas in which conceited buffoons prance around in exquisite robes and multi-storey hairpieces. His Vatel is a misplaced person in the world of 1671, where ability means nothing and the circumstances of your birth count for everything." -- Star Online review
"Depardieu barges through his title-role performance with the good-natured ungainliness that has become his trademark, and it's hard to imagine a better person to play the King's long-suffering valet given the good-natured ungainliness of the story surrounding him." -- Filmscouts review
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