What Prompted You to write a Review? This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and I want to share my thoughts on it. How was the Plot, Acting, Direction? The main plot was a pygmailon-type movie where a man molds a dowdy, widow named Tampopo who owns a struggling noodle shop into the ultimate noodle shop owner with the best noodle soup in the area. This seems like a very simple and boring storyline, however, … more
A Pygmailon-type story of the transformation of a dowdy noodle shop owner barely getting by a stranger who happened to stop by her shop one day. There are also several short vignettes related to food interspersed throughout the movie.