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
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.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
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 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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Reviews for Feast of Love
The love feasted upon in this film is not about commitment or selflessness. No, the love in this Feast is very fickle and selfish.
If my life was made into a film it would be this one. Long, boring, occasionally pretentious and completely uninvolving.
Feast of Love is just smart, sensitive and very good -- and at a time when "success" is measured by the size or scope of a project, that's enough to distinguish it from what it is not.
If it only shows how love fits into people's lives in our liberated present times, that's enough for one night.
It's nice to see these ideas played out by a fine -- and in several key roles, largely unfamiliar -- cast.
At one point he tells a love-struck friend, 'I think I'd proceed with caution.' I'd proceed just as cautiously to the movie.
Multiple narratives are fluidly interwoven and the writing is often inspired, resulting in dialogue that feels honest and insightful, if occasionally mannered.
Director Robert Benton finds an emotional through line in a format that might have easily broken down into a series of disconnected anecdotes with little to nourish us.
The Feast movie, while not as transcendent as the book, is still pretty good.
It's a worthy effort, even as it does fall short; a good meal but hardly a feast.
There's a people-are-good feeling permeating the film, which is difficult to resist.
The normally engaging Kinnear is so stymied by his synthetic and ill-conceived role it's painful to behold.
Whatever else you may say about Feast of Love, it delivers on the promise of its title.
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.
It seems destined to find an indulgent second home as an unusually classy slot-plugger over at Lifetime.
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.
This Feast, though never completely uninteresting, leaves you hungry for enchantment.
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