“Boiling Point” (*** out of four) was a rollicking melodrama set within the busy confines of a luxurious restaurant as a head chef (Stephen Graham) has to multitask many different struggles on his kitchen team (Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Malachi Kirby, and others) on the busiest day of the year! Not much plot per se but plunges you convincingly right in the middle of working at a restaurant where there is not a moment to waste and things move at a hurtling pace! Entire film was actually shot in a single impressive take! Very nimbly directed in naturalistic style by Phillip Barantini and well-captured and acted by charismatic cast of unknowns. A small winner all around.

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