Feast of Love (2007)
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 28, 2007 Wide
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--just with the wrong women. He's hoping that his relationship with sophisticated Diana (Radha... 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]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair
Screenwriter: Allison Burnett
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright
Composer: Stephen Trask
DVD Info
Release:
Feb 5, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- NTSC
- Keep Case
- Dual Side
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround - French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- DTS 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Featurettes - "The Players of FEAST OF LOVE"
- Disc 1/Side A: FEAST OF LOVE - Full Frame
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Disc 1/Side B: FEAST OF LOVE - Widescreen
- Widescreen - 2.35
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Reviews
Feast of Love is the kind of movie that gets conveniently omitted from résumés.
Thanks to his excellent cast, and a very light touch, Benton makes these tangled relationships both real and touching.
The majority of the film is filled with arguing, betrayal and fear with a twinge of hope.
A disarmingly moving film about love, relationships and secret lives.
Feast of Love will fill you up with trite dialogue and sappy plot contrivances.
Salvaged from a tendency towards self-indulgent, far too self-conscious sentimentality, by a graceful literary elegance and sensitively shaped, meditative flow. A feast for the mind and soul.
Nice to look at, but about as weighty as the froth atop a tall skim latte.
Sad as he may be in Feast of Love, Harry makes earnest efforts to inspire laughter in his sad friends and acquaintances.
Swinging from mildly irritating to rather enjoyable, the film eventually settles at merely watchable.
What Feast of Love lacks in nutritive value it makes up for with heaping wads of artificial sweeteners.
...wrought with two-dimensional characters saddled with not very believable situations. I should care about these people and do not.
The performances are great, but in the end it's far too simplistic.
Feast does nothing concrete to make us embrace this uneven romancer that has all the giddy spirit of a melted box of chocolates.
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