Two Many Chefs

{{Infobox film

| image = Two Many Chefs poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|La vida padre|nolink=yes}}

| director = Joaquín Mazón

| screenplay = Joaquín Oristrell

| producer = {{ubl|Fernando Bovaira|Urko Errazquin}}

| starring = {{Plain list|

Karra Elejalde
Enric Auquer
Megan Montaner
Lander Otaola
Maribel Salas
Gorka Aguinagalde
Manuel Burque

}}

| cinematography = Ángel Iguácel

| music = Vicente Ortiz Gimeno

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| studio = {{ubl|MOD Pictures|MOD Producciones|Kowalski Films|Lavipa Films AIE}}

| released = {{Film date|2022|09|08|Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|df=yes|2022|09|16|Spain}}

}}

Two Many Chefs ({{langx|es|La vida padre|links=no}}) is a 2022 Spanish comedy film directed by Joaquín Mazón from a screenplay by Joaquín Oristrell. It stars Enric Auquer and Karra Elejalde along with Megan Montaner.

Plot

The fiction takes place in Bilbao. Mikel, a young cook, meets with his father Juan, who had been missing for 30 years. While trying to keep his restaurant afloat, Mikel has to take care of crazed Juan, a former cook who suffers from a mental condition that prevents him from recognizing neither the aforementioned time gap nor his son Mikel.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Karra Elejalde as Juan
Enric Auquer as Mikel
Megan Montaner as Nagore{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-karra-elejalde-protagoniza-vida-padre-hay-muchas-cosas-cualquier-tiempo-pasado-fue-mejor-20220906162206.html|website=Europa Press|date=6 September 2022|title=Karra Elejalde protagoniza 'La vida padre': "Hay muchas cosas en las que cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor"}}
{{ill|Lander Otaola|es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20220912/vida-padre-estreno-karra-elejalde-donde-ver-enric-auquer/2401837.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=12 September 2022|title=La vida padre (2022) Karra Elejalde y Enric Auquer, un combo de comedia "gourment"}}
{{ill|Maribel Salas|eu}}
{{ill|Gorka Aguinagalde|es}}
Manuel Burque

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Production

The screenplay was penned by Joaquín Oristrell. It was produced by MOD Pictures, MOD Producciones, Kowalski Films and Lavipa Films, with participation by Movistar+, RTVE, and ETB.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-bilbao-acoge-jueves-premiere-mundial-pelicula-vida-padre-rodada-villa-20220902105832.html|website=Europa Press|title=Bilbao acoge el jueves 8 la première mundial de la película "La vida padre", rodada en la villa|date=2 September 2022}} It was shot in Bilbao.

Release

The film made its world premiere at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on 8 September 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2022/09/08/karra-elejalde-bilbao-es-la-protagonista-de-la-pelicula-radio-bilbao/|website=Cadena SER|date=8 September 2022|title=Karra Elejalde: "Bilbao es la protagonista de la película"|first=Juan Carlos|last=Otaola}} Distributed by Paramount Pictures Spain,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/videos/trailer-la-vida-padre|website=Ecartelera|date=30 August 2022|title=Tráiler 'La vida padre'}} it was theatrically released in Spain on 16 September 2022.

Reception

Marta Medina of El Confidencial deemed the film to be "a gentle comedy with a touch of drama and emotion" delivering the audience "an hour and a half of endearing entertainment with little more pretension than to entertain and move".{{Cite web|first=Marta|last=Medina|title='La vida padre': una comedia entrañable (más)|date=16 September 2022|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2022-09-16/vida-padre-elejalde-auquer-montaner_3491214/|website=El Confidencial}}

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film 67 out of 100 points ("acceptable"), highlighting the lead duo featuring awesome chemistry, considering that, barring a couple of tonally misplaced gags that are not funny at all, the film meets its purpose, otherwise also featuring a good closure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-vida-padre-simpatica-comedia-duo-excepcional-frente-1119773|website=HobbyConsolas|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|title=Crítica de La vida padre, una simpática comedia con un dúo excepcional al frente|date=6 September 2022}}

Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas rated it 3 out of 5 stars, considering the balance achieved between laughter and disenchantment to be commendable, highlighting the lead duo of Elejalde and Auquer as the best thing about the film, whilst citing as flaws elements such as the dull love subplot and the limited play gotten out of the supporting cast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a41238532/la-vida-padre-critica-pelicula/|website=Fotogramas|first=Pablo|last=Vázquez|date=16 September 2022|title=Crítica de 'La vida padre': padre e hijo entre fogones}}

Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía rated it 3 out of 5 stars, deeming Auquer and Elejalde to be the "main dish" of the 'feel-good' movie.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-la-vida-padre-5057693/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|date=13 September 2022|title=Crítica de 'La vida padre'}}

Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing the film to be an oedipal situational comedy with the haute cuisine as a parodical backdrop and an estupendous Karra Elejalde as the main show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/critica-La_vida_padre_0_1720629908.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|date=16 September 2022|first=Manuel J.|last=Lombardo|title=Freud era de Bilbao}}