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:28
Fresh:15
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.8/10
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
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticA disarmingly moving film about love, relationships and secret lives.
02/21/08
Top CriticSwinging from mildly irritating to rather enjoyable, the film eventually settles at merely watchable.
10/19/07
Top CriticIf it's a choice between cleaning out the shed and seeing this - opt for the shed.
10/05/07
Top CriticIt’s episodic and I’d say I liked about 60 percent of it and about 40 percent of it I could leave, but it’s just enough for me to say it’s worth seeing.
10/01/07
Top CriticAt one point he tells a love-struck friend, 'I think I'd proceed with caution.' I'd proceed just as cautiously to the movie.
09/28/07
Top CriticMultiple 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 CriticBenton has made better movies about doomed marriages (Kramer vs. Kramer), but this one has no organic reality.
09/28/07
Top CriticPlaying a canny old papa bear dispensing nuggets of advice to a flock of unruly cubs in Feast of Love Morgan Freeman has a role he could act in his sleep.
09/28/07
Top CriticThe 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.
09/27/07
Top CriticGiven the potentially unwieldy nature of the enterprise, [director] Benton juggles the multiple narratives with considerable grace, and succeeds in creating a warm (if somewhat improbable) sense of community among the principal characters.
09/25/07
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