Feast of Love

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Directed by Academy, Award Winner Robert Benton this critically acclaimed romantic comedy features an all-star cast, including Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman' and Academy Award Nominee Greg Kinnear'.
A rustic Oregon town is the backdrop for this remarkable tale of men and women touched by love's inescapable spell. From Bradley (Kinnear), the hope- less romantic who looks for loge in all the wrong places; to I larry (Freeman), a local professor with the wisdom and experience to guide those close to him; to young, beautiful Chloe, who defies late in romancing the troubled Oscar. This ode to life and love in all its funny, sexy, crazy facets will touch sour heart and nourish your soul.

Based on the novel by Charles Baxter, Feast of Love stars Morgan Freeman as Oregon professor Henry Stevenson, who witnesses love wreaking havoc amongst his friends at the local coffee shop. These include: coffee shop owner Bradley (Greg Kinnear), who meets edgy estate agent Diana (Radha Mitchell) after his wife, Kathryn (Selma Blair), leaves him for another woman; and beautiful waitress Chloe (Alexa Davalos), who takes a chance on troubled Oscar (Toby Hemingway), even though a psychic warns her that fate has other plans for him.

However, each relationship proves more complex than it first appears, with Diana caught up in an affair with a married man (Billy Burke) and Oscar's psychotic father (Fred Ward) causing problems in his relationship with Chloe. Meanwhile, Henry's wife (Jane Alexander) tries to get him to come to terms with his grief at the loss of their daughter.


The performances are excellent, particularly Freeman, who clearly relishes having a meaty emotional role for once, as opposed to the wise old mentor figures he usually plays. Kinnear is equally good, while Davalos shines in the film's most emotionally complex role – her final scenes with Freeman are genuinely moving.


Kramer vs Kramer director Robert Benton is well suited to this kind of heart-wrenching material, but none of the stories are really dramatic enough to sustain our interest, no matter how much Benton tries to liven things up with a spot of nudity (not Kinnear's, thankfully, though both Mitchell and Davalos spend several scenes with nothing on).

In addition, the script frustratingly ignores its most interesting character – the film begins with the development of Kathryn's lesbian affair but her character completely disappears after that.


Feast of Love is worth seeing for its performances but its patchy nature and jumpy chronology mean that it's never as emotionally engaging as it should have been.



Morgan Freeman ... Harry Stevenson
Greg Kinnear ... Bradley Smith
Radha Mitchell ... Diana
Billy Burke ... David Watson
Selma Blair ... Kathryn
Alexa Davalos ... Chloe
Toby Hemingway ... Oscar
Stana Katic ... Jenny
Erika Marozsán ... Margaret Vekashi
Jane Alexander ... Esther Stevenson
Fred Ward ... Bat
Margo Martindale ... Mrs. Maggarolian
Missi Pyle ... Agatha
Shannon Lucio ... Janey
Alex Mentzel ... Billy



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