Thanks to his excellent cast, and a very light touch, Benton makes these tangled relationships both real and touching.
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03/19/08
Feast of Love (2007)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:45
Rotten:66
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Though beautifully photographed, Feast of Love offers little beyond a trite, melodramatic character drama.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Feb 28, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $3,434,730
Synopsis: Love is the star of this film from director Robert Benton (KRAMER VS. KRAMER, THE HUMAN STAIN). Bradley (Greg Kinnear) believes in the power and beauty of true love. He's good at falling in... [More]
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke
Director: Robert Benton
Reviews for Feast of Love
Top CriticA disarmingly moving film about love, relationships and secret lives.
02/21/08
Top CriticIt's nice to see these ideas played out by a fine -- and in several key roles, largely unfamiliar -- cast.
09/28/07
An exquisite tapestry of interlocking love stories, some of which end happily, some sadly, some farcically and one quite tragically. Throughout all the shifting moods, no single narrative disrupts the well-paced flow of the film as a coherent whole.
09/26/07
It's sentimental stuff, but amusing in places.
10/05/07
Top CriticDirector Robert Benton and screenwriter Allison Burnett tell a sobering, adult-geared tale of love's highs, lows and maddening twists and turns.
09/28/07
Contemplates the bodies of beautiful young people in order that it may more fully appreciate the predicament old people find themselves in.
09/27/07
The Feast movie, while not as transcendent as the book, is still pretty good.
09/28/07
Multiple narratives are fluidly interwoven and the writing is often inspired, resulting in dialogue that feels honest and insightful, if occasionally mannered.
09/28/07
Top CriticA film that resonates in spite of its shortcomings...Feast of Love is a frothy, whimsical title--too frothy and too whimsical for a film that might have been more accurately named Woe Is Love.
09/27/07
All the couples have palpable chemistry, and Kinnear and Freeman seem so convinced they're in a respectable movie that they actually make it one.
09/28/07
A positively enchanting romantic drama adapted from a novel by Charles Baxter that speaks volumes about love and challenges us all to grow a bigger heart.
09/14/07
Feast of Love isn't an altogether satisfying banquet, but you settle for whatever looks good on the plate.
09/27/07
A beautifully photographed look at a dozen people in Portland, Oregon who find that love is far from an unmixed blessing.
09/05/07
The screenplay combines philosophy, melodrama, and clichés to engaging effect.
09/27/07
No director alive can make family melodramas as brilliantly as Douglas Sirk once did, but I'd suggest that Robert Benton comes the closest.
09/27/07
Has just enough honesty and heart to redeem it.
11/07/07
Feast of Love is essentially a feel-good Hollywood romcom – but it’s one with twists, proper characters, and sadness underscoring the cosy love scenes.
10/05/07
...the movie grows sweetly affecting.
10/05/07
This heart-warmer by Robert Benton has some of the tender wisdom and humor of his other features.
09/28/07
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