The whole thing is just a bit off, even though it’s hard to quarrel too much with the pro-immigrant message.

A mostly palatable affair that can’t wholly sidestep white-savior cliché in a rushed final course.

“Kitchen Brigade” is a white-savior story par excellence, though at least it’s not difficult to swallow — the young people are lovely, and so is the food.

Warm-hearted and humorous without losing sight of the manifold injustices many migrants face.