Although the movie had its draggy moments IMO, the overall outcome of the movie was...sweet. -grins-
I am no big Zeta-Jones fan, but she's got the charm and the calibre to make me like her character, Kate, who started off as this stick-up-her-ass O.D.D.-type of character that soon had one too many things thrown in her mixing bowl that whipped her up real good; shaking the life she created for herself and allowed her to open up and welcome a somewhat eccentric Italian-loving Sous Chef (Aaron Eckhart) and a recently orphaned, out-of-place niece, Zoe (Abigail Breslin), whom Kate hadn't seen in years.
The events of the accident that led to Zoe living with Kate wasn't dealt with, but I believe it was safe to assume that Zoe and her mother, Christine, were involved in a nasty car accident en route to visiting Kate in New York.
I have to say that my most favourite part was when Kate took out a RAW steak and slammed it on the annoying customer's table. The annoying guy kept on complaining that the steak wasn't raw enough; well of course our temperamental Kate, who's been going through a lot, has had enough and served it to him raw -- to the delight of what I believed to be annoyed patrons of the restaurant as well.
Kate's vulnerability was present the entire time; right from the opening scenes even though she was putting up this facade of a tough-as-nails Top New York Chef. She avoids relationships and committments; she lives her life hassle free and lonely, IMO, but she get by. But after the major turning point in her life (her sister's death and her taking custody of her orphaned niece), we see her struggle to adjust and make amends and...I was satisfied with the way Kate's transformation was shown and how she was handling her equally vulnerable niece.
I kinda predicted that Zoe will be the one responsible for getting Kate and Nick (Eckhart) together, but hey, who could not predict that in any movie of this genre, huh?
Overall No Reservation wouldn't be a waste of your video rental money.
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