No matter how bad things get it's impossible not to love someone who's made you toast. Once you've bitten through that crusty surface to the soft dough underneath and tasted the warm salty butter - you're lost forever. Based on the heart-wrenching bittersweet story of British cook and writer Nigel Slater's childhood adapted from his best selling memoir Toast is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood. Starring Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech Sweeney Todd) alongside Ken Stott (Rebus Messiah)... Victoria Hamilton (Pride and Prejudice) and Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Spiderwick Chronicles) Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain. [show more]
A warm family friendly film about the story of one of Britain's best loved Chefs Nigel Slater, the film progresses through the sixties when Nigel was a child right up to a young man.
After the loss of his Mother, Nigel cant cope with living him his bitter dad who doesn't show any love to him what so ever. Also after seen as a misfit/outsider in school there are not many people he can turn to.
Helena Bonham Carter plays Mrs parker a cleaner who tries to help Nigel and his dad continue with life however she wants something more than removing the dust from the carpets.
Freddie Highmore and Ken Scott portrait a love/hurt relationship as father and son in this touching British true based film.
How did Nigel grow into the love for food, this movie clearly gives a good summary of how a young boys passion became his life and dream.
The director has carefully managed to get every detail to its best, from the cars to the food wrappers. Toast is feel good film 7.5/10
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Feature-length BBC comedy drama based on the memoirs of food writer and broadcaster Nigel Slater. In 1950s Wolverhampton, nine-year-old Nigel (Freddie Highmore) is left with his distant father (Ken Stott) and new housekeeper Joan Potter (Helena Bonham Carter) after the death of his adored mother (Victoria Hamilton). Unlike his mother, whose greatest culinary achievement was toast, Joan is an excellent cook, and Nigel is soon competing with her for his father's affections by trying to outshine her in the kitchen.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play "No matter how bad things get it&39;s impossible not to love someone who&39;s made you toast Once you&39;ve bitten through that crusty surface to the soft dough underneath and tasted the warm salty butter - you&39;re lost forever" Based on the heart-wrenching bittersweet story of British cook and writer Nigel Slater&39;s childhood adapted from his best selling memoir Toast is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood Starring Helena Bonham Carter (The King&39;s Speech Sweeney Todd) alongside Ken Stott (Rebus Messiah) Victoria Hamilton (Pride and Prejudice) and Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Spiderwick Chronicles) Toast is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain Actors Freddie Highmore Helena Bonham Carter Victoria Hamilton Colin Prockter Ken Stott Oscar Kennedy Matthew McNulty & Frasier Huckle Director SJ Clarkson Certificate PG Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour and 32 minutes (approx)
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