The Ramen Girl (2008) 7/10

Starring : Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Gabriel Mann, Daniel Evans, Renji Ishibashi, Sohee Park, Kimiko Yo, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Director : Robert Allan Ackerman
Running Time : 103 mins

American Abby (Murphy) moves to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend Ethan (Mann), only to have him dump her after a couple of weeks. Stranded in a foreign country with no idea about what to now do with her life, Abby takes solace at a local Ramen restaurant and becomes enamoured with the dish, finally asking Ramen chef Maezumi (Nishida) to train her in the art of ramen preparation.

This movie starts off badly with some stereotypical rom-com moments, but once Murphy’s character decides to move on with her life and concentrate on a new obsession, this stops being so much a rom-com and becomes more of a movie about someone trying to prove themselves to everyone that has ever doubted them. Murphy isn’t particularly impressive in this movie, but it’s a likeable romp with some nice moments that should keep most people interested.

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