Overview
In the heat of the kitchen, the pressure mounts as the holiday rush begins.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- nerve-jangling
- claustrophobic
- visceral
- intense movie night
- cinema study
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's nerve-jangling one-shot immersion, vivid restaurant realism, and Stephen Graham's forceful central performance, while finding some confrontations stagey.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The camera follows Andy and the restaurant staff continuously through the Christmas service without conventional visible cuts.
The high-end restaurant's service, hierarchy, mistakes, and customer expectations intensify Andy's personal and professional crisis.
The film tracks one Christmas-rush restaurant service as it develops minute by minute across a single evening.
The dialogue and ensemble interactions create an unusually immediate, documentary-like sense of professional kitchen life.
Films like Boiling Point, and why
The Bear
shared claustrophobic workplace pressure, escalating service chaos, and intense ensemble realism
The Guilty
shared single-location tension, professional hierarchy, and corrosive personal stress
Victoria
shared relentless real-time momentum, social pressure, and immersive long-take filmmaking
Burnt
shared restaurant setting, volatile kitchen dynamics, and character-centered dramatic tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Philip Barantini
- Release Date
- 2021-07-05
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (814)
Cast
- Stephen Graham
- Vinette Robinson
- Alice May Feetham
- Jason Flemyng
- Hannah Walters
- Malachi Kirby
- Izuka Hoyle
- Taz Skylar
- Lauryn Ajufo
- Ray Panthaki
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, ShortsTV Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Boiling Point about?
- During one disastrous Christmas service, a troubled London chef struggles to keep his restaurant and his unraveling life under control.
- What is Boiling Point like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Boiling Point as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Boiling Point violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Boiling Point as mild.
- What did critics think of Boiling Point?
- Critics broadly praised the film's nerve-jangling one-shot immersion, vivid restaurant realism, and Stephen Graham's forceful central performance, while finding some confrontations stagey.
- Which films are like Boiling Point?
- Films with a similar feel include The Bear, The Guilty, Victoria, and Burnt.
- How long is Boiling Point?
- Boiling Point runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Boiling Point?
- In United States, Boiling Point streams on Amazon Prime Video, ShortsTV Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
