Movie on DVD Review

Feast of Love (2008)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Release Date: Feb 05, 2008; DVD Release Date: Feb 05, 2008; Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Romance; With: Selma Blair and Morgan Freeman; Distributor: MGM

Greg Kinnear stars as a coffee-shop owner who gets dumped by his wife in this clunky drama about couples coming together and falling apart. Feast of Love aims to untangle love's mysteries, yet all it serves up is tired platitudes about how ''brave'' our hearts are. The cast, including Radha Mitchell as an alluring real estate agent and Freeman as a predictably wise prof, is game enough, but the film's treacly take on romance — must everyone fall in love at first sight? — gives them little to work with. EXTRAS A self-congratulatory doc rehashes the casting process. C-

Originally posted Feb 01, 2008 Published in issue #977 Feb 08, 2008 Order article reprints
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