Metacritic Movie Ratings
Feast of Love Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  Septuagenarian director Robert Benton brings his characteristically fine touch with actors and appreciation for the female form to this tastefully erotic ensembler, but compassion finally outstrips insight in a drama as soft-headed as it is soft-hearted.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  The film, with its intersecting vignettes, might ultimately feel like more of a sampler platter than a sustaining smorgasbord, but it's effectively rooted in a lovely Morgan Freeman performance.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The story teeters on the edge of soap opera and emotional manipulation, but director Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer) pulls back in the nick of time. What results is an involving and often poignant examination of love and loss.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Benton has made better movies, but this one has no organic reality.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Far too cloyingly pleased with its own humanity.

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• 40

  out of 100

  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.

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• 40

  out of 100

  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.

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• 20

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Love is a many-splendored thing in Robert Benton's dull romantic fantasy Feast of Love, though none of its splendors rings true.

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