Feast of Love
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: September 28, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
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58
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Maybe Benton's serenely dull time-waster should take a cue from one of its main settings, and become the first Hollywood film released directly to coffee shops. Otherwise, it seems destined to find an indulgent second home as an unusually classy slot-plugger over at Lifetime. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Amounts to little more than high-class soap opera. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
For a film that purports to be an epic consideration of Love in Our Time, Feast is strikingly unthoughtful and uninterested in any but the most obvious kind of romantic love. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Far too cloyingly pleased with its own humanity. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Benton has made better movies, but this one has no organic reality. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Robert Benton’s recent films have been vexing combinations of gentility and stiffness, and despite a fair bit of nudity "Feast of Love" behaves itself all too well. It’s as neat as a pin; it ties up every loose end in careful "Playhouse 90" style. Despite some awfully smart actors, Benton’s movie made me long for a few interrupted sentences and the occasionally conflicted character. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The movie begins to feel more like a buffet of contrivance than a feast of love. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The final half-hour is like the not-so-grand finale for a silly-sticky sitcom. It's a college-town “Friends” with an unearned doctorate. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Any of the key relationships would have been grist enough for one movie's mill, but "Feast" crams them all together. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Mostly due to luminous writing, Baxter's novel evoked a sense of magic, but this Feast, though never completely uninteresting, leaves you hungry for enchantment. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A more accurate name for Feast of Love might be “Feast of Breasts.” At every opportunity, Mr. Benton turns the camera on his actresses’ gleaming torsos. These beautifully lighted soft-core teases lend an erotic frisson to a movie that in most other ways feels enervated. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
What passes for the movie's reality is interlocking episodes of ersatz ecstasy and angst -- a Cupid-governed "Crash" -- plus snippets of wisdom dispensed by Mr. Freeman's character. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
There are warm, genuine moments that endear these attractive characters and their experiences to us despite all the falderal. Feast of Love may be enough for some to keep the pangs at bay ’til the real thing comes along. Read full review
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