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| Feast of Love | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jane Alexander, Fred Ward, Morgan Freeman, Erika Marozsan, Greg Kinnear
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 10339
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: MGMDM109997D
UPC: 883904099970
EAN: 0883904099970
ASIN: B0010X8NNM
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: February 5, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 worst movie I have ever seen June 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I went to see this in the theater and walked out. It was bad enough I wasted my money on a ticket I wasnt going to compound it by wasting another hour of my life. It was NOT romantic, definitely not funny and had nothing to do with love. The characters were either boring or totally unlikable.
 Gorgeous, moving, poignant, and humorous. June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved it. The acting is superb, and the feel of the film kept me enthralled the entire time. It is erotic, yet very artistically tasteful, loving, innocent, and complex, exploring the vast array of human emotions and experience.
The film left me smiling the way one does after a special moment in life, and reminded me of all the goodness that still thrives within us all.
Great Movie April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought the movie primarily because it was filmed in Portland, and the house that was purchased by the young couple was the house I grew up in. It was especially nice seeing the neighborhoods again, and especially the house. Morgan Freeman was great as ususal, I always enjoy his movies, and the theme of the movie was also great. I'm sorry it didn't make a bigger splash in theatre's. As far as the purchase goes, the original shipment was an empty box, but customer service corrected it in two days. Thanks
Is this movie about a different book? April 15, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just read all the "wonderful" reviews of this movie. Maybe the reviewers didn't read the book. Well, I did. The book is based on a picture Bradley Smith painted: "The Feast of Love" which is hung in his coffee shop, Jitters. It is crucial to the story line. It tells us a lot about Bradley and his failed loves. The story takes place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, not Portland, Oregon. Was the setting too midwestern for the director and producer? There are so many discrepancies in the movie: Aaron does not die, but remains missing in the end and both Jewish parents, Harry and Ethel Ginsberg must live with that sad outcome. The brilliance of the book stems from the fact that Charles Baxter (Charlie) is interviewing and asking each of the characters to tell their story. I guess, if the book didn't exist it would be an okay, maybe even a sort of good movie. But the book does exist. My only hope is that Charles Baxter had nothing to do with the screenplay. I was looking forward to the movie. It was a disappointment.
Feast of Lust? April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter many years ago. It is one of my favorite books.
When I saw the movie on DVD, I did not want to watch it. I feared the adaptation would be horrible.
I was pleasantly surprised. The movie is very well done. I have to agree with some of the reviewers that the DVD cover is a bit misleading. For those not familiar with the book, it seems to be a romantic comedy. It is far from this.
Although I am not against nudity and sex scenes in movies, I didn't see the need to be so explicit in this film (hence my title for this review). Ok, maybe I'm guilty of exaggeration on the title, but still I'm not convinced. Although, on the other hand, it could be argued that each showed a different expression of love in the movie:
Chloe and Oscar in full youth, so very sexual.
Diana and her married boyfriend, apparently in a relationship that was purely sexual, but in fact truly in love with each other.
Christine and Jenny, Christine's discovery of her true self and her true love.
Feast of Love, despite some minor flaws, reminds us that love is the most important thing of all.
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