Feast of Love

Infobox Film
name = Feast of Love


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Robert Benton
producer = Gary Lucchesi
writer = Allison Burnett
Charles Baxter
narrator =
starring = Morgan Freeman
Selma Blair
Greg Kinnear
Toby Hemingway
Radha Mitchell
Stana Katic
and Fred Ward
music = Stephen Trask
cinematography = Kramer Morgenthau
editing = Andrew Mondshein
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = September 28, 2007
runtime = 102 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:356384
imdb_id = 0800027

"Feast of Love" is a 2007 romance film directed by Robert Benton, starring Morgan Freeman and Fred Ward. The cast-ensemble drama, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Baxter, was first released on September 28, 2007, in the United States and worldwide in 2008.

Plot

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Portland, Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Cast

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

Production

While many of the movies scenes are set at Portland State University, the nearby campuses of Western Seminary and Reed College were the actual location of filming. Locations at Reed include the Blue Bridge, the front lawn and Eliot Circle.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 41% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 104 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/feast_of_love/ |title=Feast of Love Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-03-28 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 51 out of 100, based on 28 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/feastoflove |title=Feast of Love (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2008-03-28 |publisher=Metacritic]

Roger Ebert reviewed that this film contains the worst performance of Fred Ward, "no movie can be very good that contains Fred Ward's worst performance!"

Box office performance

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $1.7 million in 1,200 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #12 at the box office. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=feastoflove.htm |title=Feast of Love (2007) - Weekend Box Office Results |accessdate=2008-03-28 |publisher=Box Office Mojo] It grossed a total of $5.4 million worldwide — $3.5 million in the United States and Canada and $1.9 million in other territories. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=feastoflove.htm |title=Feast of Love (2007) |accessdate=2008-03-28 |publisher=Box Office Mojo]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0800027|title=Feast of Love
*rotten-tomatoes|id=feast_of_love|title=Feast of Love
*metacritic film|id=feastoflove|title=Feast of Love
*mojo title|id=feastoflove|title=Feast of Love
*amg movie|id=1:356384|title=Feast of Love
* [http://www.recenzenci.pl/recenzja/120/ Feasts of Love] at Recenzenci.pl