A reserved coming-of-age story that overcomes flat acting and one-dimensional scene-building thanks to its lively plot.
Food of Love(Menja d'amor)
Spain, Germany · 2002
Rated R · 1h 45m
Director Ventura Pons
Starring Juliet Stevenson, Kevin Bishop, Allan Corduner, Paul Rhys
Genre Drama, Romance
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Paul, a young aspiring pianist becomes the assistant for a famous musician, Kennington, and the pair begin a secret affair. Complicating matters are Kennington's lover and agent Mansourian, as well as Paul's helicopter mom Pamela, who is unaware of her son's sexual orientation.
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The New York Times by Dave Kehr
Tossed by successive waves of floridity and biliousness, Food of Love finally washes up on the shores of camp.
Stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed, a volatile combination that pays off in the best scene: the mother of all PFLAG meetings.
Crushingly airless film -- Food chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.
Once the excellent Rhys and Corunder are off-screen, the film's overall staginess and the inconsistent work of the supporting cast become glaringly apparent.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
An elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.
Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones
To say the least, the chemistry is lacking; equally unconvincing is the all-British casts attempts at American accents.
New York Post by Megan Lehmann
Some solid performances and pretty scenery don't do much to conceal that there's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale.
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
Elusive and compelling.
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