Despite the talents of star/narrator Morgan Freeman and Oscar winning writer/director Robert Benton (Kramer vs Kramer; Nobody's Fool), this film flopped at the bo. But don't let this dissuade you from checking this excellent film for it is definitely a meditation on life and love. With a talented cast which includes veterans Freeman and Jane Alexander, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Barnes, Alexia Davalos, Selma Blair and Fred Ward in a very small supporting role, this film will score for anyone over 40 and above--and perhaps for anyone who is a die-hard romantic!! One esteemed critic noted that any film that features the worst performance of Fred Ward's career has gotta to be bad--I disagree!! Since he is barely in the film I don't believe that his slightly over the top performance throws the film off the rails just as much as that Sofia Coppola's performance would damage "Godfather III" greatly since it's a supporting performance. The only flaw I could denote in this generally fine film is the gratuituous scenes of sexuality which perhaps was inserted by the producer rather than Benton himself---they don't actually add anything to the movie or to the story itself. Outside of that complaint--I recommend this film.

Well this movie was no classic by any means, but watching a movie that was designed for the Lifetime Movie Network was a fairly nice way to pass the time last night.

First of all, yes, like many people, I wanted to watch this movie because the all mighty Morgan Freeman plays in it. The guy can simply turn something bad into something good JUST by his presence alone, and honestly, the 3 stars I'm giving this movie are mainly because of Morgan Freeman.

It's about two separate couples that go through relationship troubles, and Morgan always happens to be there to offer advice when needed. I had no problem with this. What WAS a big problem was the poor acting from all the other characters, especially the drunk father who wasn't believable in any way shape or form when he turned obnoxious and supposedly threatening to his sons girlfriend. Ha!

I also didn't like the guy who found out his wife liked other women, and his quest to find another girlfriend resulted in even more poor acting, and his character was someone you just didn't want to feel sorry for because of the way he handled himself- he felt like a clueless idiot.

Another problem was the very very poor ending. Not only did the movie end quite suddenly and unexpectedly, but there was hardly anything interesting about the way the story was summed up. VERY disappointing.

Despite that, I liked the story, and if you take out all the graphic nude scenes that shockingly dominate much of the film, it's not that bad of a movie. Below average for a movie involving Morgan Freeman though, without a doubt.

This underrated movie has an excellent cast and asks us viewers if we truly listen to the people we love, or think we love, or we see them for what we want them to be and not much else.

The plot is intelligent and not at all as unrealistic as some of the more critical reviewers find it. If we allow ourselves a bit of self reflection we can see ourselves and our own good and bad choices in many of the characters and their choices in the movie.

And if we are lucky enough to see this early enough we might even be able to avoid a few more blunders going forward.

I loved everything about this movie. Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman always guarantee a great flick. The performances by Alexa Davalos and Toby Hemingway stole the film though.

Feast of Love features a series of amorous encounters cenetered around an Oregon coffee shop called Jitters, owned and operated by Bradley Smith, played by Greg Kinnear. The film provides a fairly luminous galaxy of stars such as Kinnear, Morgan Freeman and Jane Alexander the chance to play roles at which they excel: Kinnear as the amiable, aw-shucks but clueless lead role, Freeman as the sage dispenser of wisdom dispensed to other characters through dialogue and to the audience through voiceovers, Alexander as the loving but saddened nurturer, and so on. Trouble is, the script doesn't offer them the chance to do much beyond what we already know they can do. The movie doesn't set out to achieve much. It's like watching your favorite ballplayer hit a home run in a game your favorite team doesn't win. Nice, but the end result is disappointing. Feast of Love is clearly a rental, not a purchase.