Based on a novel by Charles Baxter, Robert Benton's "Feast of Love" finds a large cast of characters grappling with issues of love and loss. Presiding over this ensemble is actor Morgan Freeman, whose monologues drip with condescension.At its best, "Feast of Love" portrays love as a biological trick; a messy bit of code adept at getting humans procreating, a functional utility of mate-guarding, gene-spreading and kin-selection. "True love", meanwhile, is something else altogether. Repeatedly in Benton's film, "true loves" come and go, human beings arbitrarily removed and replaced. Each new lover is rationalised as being one's sole "soul mate", until romance fails and, propelled by hope, lonely hearts go out into the world again with fishing rods in tow.Unintentionally cheesy, but unconventionally grim behind its Hollywood glitz, "Feast of Love" stars Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell and Selma Blair.5/10 – Worth one viewing. See Todd Solondz's "Happiness".

This compelling little movie delivers plenty of character involvement. These are people in or near love. Love is not always good to them. The stories are told in a number of plot tracks that interweave and eventually intersect. One of the two main characters, Bradley (Kinnear), is a kind and open sort who has no luck at love. His first wife leaves him for a woman, and his second leaves him for her previous lover, now suddenly free. The other main character,Harry (Freeman) is nursing his grief over his own tragic loss of an only son.Another track follows the young couple, Oscar and Chloe (Toby Hemingway and the stunning Alexa Davalos), who marry and are happy until tragedy strikes them as well. There is a lot of tragedy in this movie.The picture is shot, paced, and acted excellently, as directed by old pro Robert Benton. It plays out like an intelligent soap, with scenes cutting between the various couples. It is the kind of movie where you do not want it to end because Benton has made these people friends, who you care about.Good script, with very few holes. The most glaring is the start of a new romance for Bradley with the doctor in the ER after he intentionally almost severs his finger. I think the last thing ER docs do is get personally involved with patients. And the absolute last thing they do is get involved with a patient who has purposely injured himself. My only other almost-gripe is that it seems that Morgan Freeman cannot be in a movie without narrating it. A non-gripe is that there is also some relatively frequent nudity, much of which seems gratuitous. I tolerated it.These minor gripes aside, rent it and enjoy it. It is not really a chick-flick, so enjoy it with someone you care about.

I happen to watch the movie lately .. and loved it. Yes .. its a bit predictable , but is a very simply put pleasant movie. I would rate it 10 for a DVD rent. Worth spending 2 hours at home , with your loved ones. Morgan Freeman is definitely the high point. Its funny, tense, sad ,complex and is definitely about LOVE. The acting is superb and subtle. Alexa Davalos looks really beautiful in this movie (i had seen her in defiance earlier). I could not much weak links in the entire movie .. yes there are a few nude scenes (slightly explicit) , but they don't stand out since they form an integral part of the story. One of the few movies which i did not want to end.

I can't believe anyone could rate this above a 5. Even sappy people will groan at this film. The characters all seem to be mentally retarded and have the emotional depth of 10 year olds. Really, this is a painfully bad movie that I would have walked out on except that I was too lazy to reach for the remote control which had fallen on the floor.Borderline soft-core porn is fine if you can actually believe it, but this movie was just a joke. The scene where Morgan Freeman wanders into the stadium to see two people getting it on actually made me laugh out loud, then I realized the only way to watch this film is to treat is as a joke, laugh and make Mystery Science Theatre 3000 style comments and you will have a good time.