Jon favreau directs, writes and co produces this movie in which he also stars alongside john leguizamo, scarlett johansson, sofa vergara, robert downey jr and dustin hoffman'. '.strtoupper('r')estaurant owner riva hoffman refuses to let his chef carl casper's creative juices flow, giving him an ultimatum either cook the dishes on the menu or leave'. '.strtoupper('a')lthough carl sticks to the menu, bad reviews criticising his lack of creativity result in a twitter war and he loses his job'. '.strtoupper('w')ith the help of his friend martin, ex wife inez and son percy, carl opens up a food truck and tours the country with his culinary delights, rediscovering his passion for cooking along the way'. '.strtoupper('t')he cast also includes oliver platt, bobby cannavale and amy sedaris'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 114 minutes region region 2 release date 3 nov'. '.strtoupper('2')014