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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 Rating: MA15+ [See Full Rating] Strong coarse language and sex scenes

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 love--just with the wrong women. He's hoping that his relationship with sophisticated Diana (Radha Mitchell) will have a happier ending than his first marriage to Kathryn (Selma Blair). Bradley's friend Harry (Morgan Freeman) is happily married to Esther (Jane Alexander), but they are dealing with the loss of a different kind of love. At the same time, Oscar (Toby Hemingway) and Chloe (Alexa Davalos) are busy falling in love at first sight and starting their life together, even though the odds are against them. In this film, no relationship stone is left unturned, and no relationship is judged. Instead, love in various stages of growth, dissolution, and transformation is explored. From love at first sight to divorce and death, to long-term relationships and affairs, multiple facets of love are seen as what they are: simply a fact of life. Freeman's character, a professor on sabbatical, serves as an elder statesman of sorts, wise enough to notice nuances in relationships the other characters miss. Kinnear is endearing as Bradley, who simply wants to love and be loved. Davalos is someone to watch--she lights up the screen, and Alexander commands every frame in which she appears. Be prepared: this is not the light-hearted romp it appears to be in the trailer. There is quite a bit of nudity and sexual content, and some very adult themes. Set in Oregon, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Baxter, and also features Billy Burke and Fred Ward. [More]

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davlos, Toby Hemingway, Jane Alexander

Director: Robert Benton

Director: Robert Benton
Screenwriter: Allison Burnett
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright
Composer: Stephen Trask
Studio: MGM

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Thanks to his excellent cast, and a very light touch, Benton makes these tangled relationships both real and touching.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
03/19/08
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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A disarmingly moving film about love, relationships and secret lives.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
02/21/08
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10/06/07
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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Mark Bazer
Mark Bazer
Boston Phoenix

It’s a pretty, occasionally witty love-fest, with a surprising amount of flesh on display. But its increasingly mawkish tone means it’s for softies only.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/05/07
Time Out

Feast of Love is the kind of movie that gets conveniently omitted from résumés.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
05/01/08
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

sacrifices any originality or piquancy to the safety of the familiar rendered with an uncertain narrative that in the end is truly, madly, deeply unsatisfying

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/30/07
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Swinging from mildly irritating to rather enjoyable, the film eventually settles at merely watchable.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/19/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
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If Feast of Love was indeed a food, it would be a purposeless pan pizza decorated with every topping on the melodrama menu and extra schmaltz inserted into the talky, twice baked crust.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
09/28/07
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

This cornucopia of foibles, with its penny portraits of treachery and innocence amounts to little more than high-class soap opera.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
09/27/07
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The love feasted upon in this film is not about commitment or selflessness. No, the love in this Feast is very fickle and selfish.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/29/07
Brett McCracken
Brett McCracken
Christianity Today

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
10/20/07
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

There's something endearing in the way Benton assumes a little full-frontal is enough to erase the bile that develops watching this agonizing marathon of navel-gazing.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/27/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com

The script weaves three interlocking stories in unlikely ways and relies on random acts of violence, fate and God for dramatic complications that the characters aren't fleshed-out enough to whip up on their own.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/27/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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For a film that tries to be a smarter, more cerebral, romantic comedy-drama, Feast of Love sure does a lot of dumb things.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/27/07
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Feast of Love will fill you up with trite dialogue and sappy plot contrivances.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
02/05/08
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
Washington Times

It's like Friends without the funny. Oh, wait -- that's redundant.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
09/26/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

"The Feast of Love" is a hodgepodge of sentimentality that's neither funny nor tragic. It's just bland.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
09/24/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

This Feast, though never completely uninteresting, leaves you hungry for enchantment.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/28/07
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
 
 
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