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Set during one exceptionally stressful evening in a high-end London restaurant, the film follows Graham’s character, the head chef, who is faced with constant pressures from food inspectors, chaotic employees, money issues, and more as tensions rise and tempers flare in the kitchen.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 June 2025
Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef play wealthy tech leaders who get together for a snowy retreat, but tempers flare and morals are questioned when a global crisis bubbles up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Whenever Brazil and Argentina meet, tempers flare and football history clashes with present-day realities.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
As alliances form and tempers flare, Lawrence becomes the de facto Saint Columbo, investigating potential scandals and assorted underhandedness as the story twists and turns before the white smoke finally wafts in the movie’s pleasantly shocking finale.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Politics is a rough and tumble business; in the pursuit of persuasion, passions get high, tempers flare, and partisanship is prized.
—Erin Stewart, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
But getting them together almost derails the entire production when old rivalries reemerge and tempers flare.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
The revelations come in a council term marked by belligerence and bullying, in and out of the council chamber, where tempers flare with alarming regularity, fissures often open along racial lines, and the F-bomb has been dropped.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
In both plays, everyone behaves badly, tempers flare and nothing flies right.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 June 2025
Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef play wealthy tech leaders who get together for a snowy retreat, but tempers flare and morals are questioned when a global crisis bubbles up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Whenever Brazil and Argentina meet, tempers flare and football history clashes with present-day realities.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
As alliances form and tempers flare, Lawrence becomes the de facto Saint Columbo, investigating potential scandals and assorted underhandedness as the story twists and turns before the white smoke finally wafts in the movie’s pleasantly shocking finale.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Politics is a rough and tumble business; in the pursuit of persuasion, passions get high, tempers flare, and partisanship is prized.
—Erin Stewart, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
But getting them together almost derails the entire production when old rivalries reemerge and tempers flare.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
The revelations come in a council term marked by belligerence and bullying, in and out of the council chamber, where tempers flare with alarming regularity, fissures often open along racial lines, and the F-bomb has been dropped.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
In both plays, everyone behaves badly, tempers flare and nothing flies right.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Tempers flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempers%20flare. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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