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Feast of Love (2007)

Director: Robert Benton

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From Time Out London

This romantic drama gets off to a promising start. Unhappily married Kathryn (Selma Blair) has attracted the attention of Jenny (Stana Katic) during a game of softball. The warning bells should have rung there for Kathryn’s husband, Bradley, but he’s played by Greg Kinnear, so he’s blissfully ignorant, and fails to notice when Jenny seduces his wife under his very nose. Not so inattentive is his professor friend Harry, who is played by Morgan Freeman, so he’s deeply wise and observant. Throughout the film, Harry regales the audience with platitudes about love as he watches coffee shop owner Bradley and his young employees form new relationships. It’s a pity the film strays from Kinnear and Blair – free-spirited waitress Chloe (Alexa Davalos) and ex-druggie Oscar (Toby Hemingway) make an unconvincing couple, not helped by his performance and a clichéd script. But Kinnear offers likeability and laughs, and Radha Mitchell brings some depth to a morally ambiguous estate agent. It’s a pretty, occasionally witty love-fest, with a surprising amount of flesh on display. But its increasingly mawkish tone means it’s for softies only.

Author: Anna Smith 2007-10-01 16:23:19

Time Out London Issue 1937: October 3-9 2007

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les molloy said...

Posted on Aug 07 2008 00:07 After watching this film I thought, at long last, I would agreee with a TIME OUT review. Not to be. I read with HORROR when I got home the TIME OUT review and noted they gave it 3 stars. This film is the BIGGEST rubbish I have seen all year. I am giving it 1 star only because they turned up and the pop corn good. Totally unconvincing acting of a shallow plot with forgetable music in a desolate location. I would love to have seen the pitch to the studio because this must have taken some skill. As the old men in the Muppets used to say, "There's one way they could improve this film...bring the end closer to the beginning!"

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Lynda said...

Posted on Oct 11 2007 19:08 I you like a good cry you will love this film., take the hankies. some of it was a bit twee but on the whole it had heart and all three of us raved about it. Most America flms are like having a meal without a dessert this one , had both sweet an sour. Wonderful !

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