Title: Feast of Love
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Jane Alexander, Alexa Davalos
Directed By: Robert Benton
Produced By: Lori McCreary, Eric Reid (II), Fisher Stevens
Genre: Drama, Romance and Adaptation
Release Date: September 28th, 2007
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Distributors: MGM Distribution Company

Feast of Love is one of those movies that is almost great. It just needed a little something extra to push it over that line. Don't ask what it is, because I don't know. I left the theater with that satisfaction you get from Chinese food, you are full for the moment but you know you are going to want more in an hour. Phenomenal acting and a good story keep Feast Of Love on track. Interweaving through different couples and their situations and how they interconnect is explored fairly well here, one thing that would have made it better is a time line. You know the film takes place over an eighteen month period, but otherwise you are in the dark as to how much time was spent in exploring each relationship.

Morgan Freeman has got to be the King of the Narrative as well as the perfect grandfather/confidant figure. He is the only man that can play God ( Bruce Almighty ) in my book and make me believe it. No offense to George Burns of course. Freeman does a wonderful job of being the self appointed caretaker of all of our main characters. Greg Kinnear, at the beginning, comes off as a guy who doesn't really notice the things going on around him. I'm not saying that he is callous or that he is an airhead, he is actually a really nice guy that doesn't know much about how relationships work and has to learn the hard way. If Freeman is the best actor here, then Selma Blair must be in second place. Especially when she is only in the film for about ten minutes. There is one scene where she falls in love and you literally watch it happen, you can see it in her eyes. Alexa Develos and Toby Hemingway are believable in an almost fairy tale like whirlwind romance, great performances there.

Final thought – A good movie that doesn't disappoint and will make for a good evening at home. The one thing that may bother some audiences is there is a little more sex and full frontal nudity in this than what is usually in this type of film. Just a small warning.

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Mitch Emerson
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