NO RESERVATIONS (2007) Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta‑Jones) is a highly talented and highly strung chef in a suspiciously spotless and polite upmarket kitchen in New York. She’s maintaining an uneasy equilibrium – which includes berating unappreciative customers and using food talk to deflect from any insights that might crop up during the therapy her boss makes her attend – when tragedy strikes. Reeling from the death of her sister and forced to take charge of her niece, Zoe (Abigail Breslin), Kate faces further complications when big‑hearted, opera‑loving rising star Nick (Aaron Eckhart) is hired in her kitchen.
Could Zoe and Nick be attempts a little more depth and melancholy than many of its ilk, but still makes a point of ticking as many comfort food rom‑com boxes as it can.
