Overly intellectual, devoid of heart.

The writers actually state that which the film explicitly mocks in Margot's stated critique of Chef. He lost his way and the secret to pleasing the hungry.

As film award season is upon us, similarly, a barrage of money-losing intellectual tripe will receive its own reward from Hollywood's insiders who, clapping winners on their backs, will blindly assure themselves of their singular genius. Meanwhile, their films will have to scrape together bits of lucre from "straight to DVD or On-Demand availability. How Jamie Lee Curtis's recent film (EEAAO) won any nominations attests to this truth.

I, therefore, will take my cheeseburger and fries to go and watch afar as the world's intellectuals self-immolate.