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Food of Love (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 28

Fresh: 13

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 5.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 25, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco. Not only is Paul diligent but also extremely... Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco. Not only is Paul diligent but also extremely attractive, a fact noticed by Kennington and his agent Mansourian, two men at the top of their chosen careers. Kennington and Paul meet again in Barcelona, where the boy is on holiday with his mother, Pamela, who is trying to get over her husband leaving her. Paul and Kennington fall in love but this has very different implications for both men. Kennington rushes back home escaping from commitment. Pamela, meanwhile, begins to recover her self-confidence but Paul is no longer a child. Back in the United States Paul learns that his musical career is not going to progress as desired; he simply is not talented enough. Paul and Pamela will learn through their living experience how to build a deeper relationship. Food of love is the story of these two simple characters awakening to the harsh reality of life. -- TLA Releasing [More]

Starring: Kevin Bishop, Paul Rhys, Juliet Stevenson, Allan Corduner

Starring: Kevin Bishop, Paul Rhys, Juliet Stevenson, Allan Corduner, Geraldine McEwan, Leslie Charles, Craig Hill, Pamela Field

Director: Ventura Pons

Director: Ventura Pons
Screenwriter: Ventura Pons
Producer: Ventura Pons
Composer: Charles Cases
Studio: TLA Releasing

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01/26/06
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08/19/03
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07/29/03
Jamie Russell
BBC

An average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality.

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03/20/03
Laura Kelly
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03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

Young star Kevin Bishop plays the confused Paul with enough soul to sustain a movie that sometimes comes on like an ersatz training manual for parents of gay kids.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
02/13/03
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

This is mild-mannered, been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant, the outrageous.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
02/06/03
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

A sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale.

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01/20/03
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Despite Juliet Stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela's emotional roller coaster life, it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/16/02
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Boxoffice Magazine

The performances and tight direction from Ventura Pons keep the film from descending into cheap melodrama.

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12/13/02
Charles Ealy
Dallas Morning News
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The principals in this cast are all fine, but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts.

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12/07/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Based on a David Leavitt story, the film shares that writer's usual blend of observant cleverness, too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness.

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11/26/02
David Noh
Film Journal International

Plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp.

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11/15/02
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing? In truth, it has all the heart of a porno flick (but none of the sheer lust).

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11/14/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It's the extra layer that makes this one, the movie's understanding of how disillusion and inner compromise can gradually separate a young artist from his divine spark.

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11/08/02
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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I suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject.

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11/06/02
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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One of those so-so films that could have been much better.

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11/02/02
Rod Armstrong
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