Feast of Love
by Robert Benton
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Actor: Billy Burke, Greg Kinnear, Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Selma BlairDirector: Robert Benton
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Feast of Love
DVD Review: Great idea marred by moments of excess. 3 1/2 stars
Summary: 4 Stars
I really liked "Feast of Love." I liked that it was for adults (finally!) in its sexual depictions. I liked that its heart is optimistic despite the sadness it sometimes portrays. And I liked the actors, among other things.
What bothers me about "Feast" is that it could have gone to a higher level. There are multiple moments when it's just sticky sweet or just dumbed down.
In on scene, for example, "Oscar" releases a bunch of balloons and tells "Chloe" that they represent them. It's just awkward. In multiple scenes Morgan Freeman's character, "Harry," refers to infatuations at first site as being love - this coming from a character who's been married for decades and should know better. Attractions at first sight do exist, but elevating them to such purity is for a teeny bopper movie, not one for adults and real world romance. Harry also refers to these encounters as if he's all knowing and as if people are this paper thin obvious when they find someone attractive. At one point at the beginning Harry talks about love being a creation of the Greek gods. Because Harry seemed to have extrasensory perception when it came to knowing when people were attracted to each other I was beginning to wonder if "Feast" was going to have elements of magical realism. It doesn't and that's fine - but it just shows how the director just went too far in making things B&W obvious.
Robert Benton, the director, won an Oscar for "Kramer vs. Kramer," a serious adult film. While I dislike that movie, I wished he applied a bit of the maturity of that film here. "Feast" could have been almost literary in quality if it hadn't stooped to these silly depictions.
The only movie that comes to mind that's similar is "Love Actually," another movie that people either hate or love. If you don't particularly like blunt sexuality in your movies then you'll want to avoid. If you accept the sex as just being normal and you like movies about adult relationships then give "Feast of Love" a try. I recommend it - but I am annoyed that the director squandered the opportunity to make something even more powerful and meaningful.
DVD Review: A Rich, Beautiful and VERY Human Film
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful film about very human experiences...I don't think anyone can watch this film without identifying with some or even all of the characters...People trying to do the best they can as they cope with this very confusing yet wonderful thing we call LIFE...
Morgan Freeman shows how even the most wise and wonderful among us have problems that are so very difficult to sumount...Yet the marriage he and the wondeful Jane Alexander share shows that with the passage of time love even becomes more romantic.
I love the line..."God doesn't hate us. If he did he would not have made our hearts so strong"
I believe no one can watch this film without being a better and wiser person for having experienced it...
It shows great courage and wisdom in the face of tragedy...There are no villians here, only stuggling human beings trying to do the best they can....
DVD Review: Romantic, heart-rending and beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
This film explores the love stories and relationships between different characters, and like a spider-web, they all have some connection with the retiring university lecturer, Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman). Using his wonderful, silky voice, Morgan Freeman's character relates the experiences of those around him.
Each character has a different story and the film appeals to different ages and backgrounds as well as covering different issues: drug-abuse, young-love, homosexuality and death. There are a lot of sex-scenes in the film (some of which are rather graphic), but they do not `reduce' the film, but add a layer of realism which enriches the story.
The mood of this film is romantic, heart-rending and beautiful. For me it comes highly recommended.
DVD Review: worst movie I have ever seen
Summary: 1 Stars
I went to see this in the theater and walked out. It was bad enough I wasted my money on a ticket I wasnt going to compound it by wasting another hour of my life. It was NOT romantic, definitely not funny and had nothing to do with love. The characters were either boring or totally unlikable. DVD Review: Gorgeous, moving, poignant, and humorous.
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved it. The acting is superb, and the feel of the film kept me enthralled the entire time. It is erotic, yet very artistically tasteful, loving, innocent, and complex, exploring the vast array of human emotions and experience.
The film left me smiling the way one does after a special moment in life, and reminded me of all the goodness that still thrives within us all.
Description of Feast of Love
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 09/23/2008 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: RThe warm, reassuring gravitas of Morgan Freeman anchors Feast of Love, a multi-character meditation on the mysteries of that oh-so-powerful emotion. Bradley (Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine), owner of a coffee shop in Oregon, thinks his marriage is idyllic--until his wife (Selma Blair, Hellboy) leaves him for another woman. One of Bradley's baristas (Toby Hemingway, The Covenant) falls head over heels for a girl who comes looking for a job (Alexa Davalos, The Chronicles of Riddick), but his abusive father (Fred Ward, Miami Blues) spells trouble for the relationship. Finally, a professor (Freeman) and his wife (Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer) struggle to find purpose in life in the aftermath of a personal tragedy. Though some scenes are a bit precious and the dialogue leans too much on semi-philosophical pronouncements, viewers will find it hard not to identify with the universal trials of romance and the yearning for a family. Also starring Radha Mitchell (High Art, Pitch Black) as a real estate broker who can't stop seeing a married man. Warning: Feast of Love is predominantly about the ways of the heart, it features several fairly explicit sex scenes. Directed by Robert Benton (Places in the Heart, Nobody's Fool). --Bret Fetzer
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