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Food of Love

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A homosexual pianist (Paul Rhys) has an affair with an 18-year-old aspiring musician in Barcelona, Spain.

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Charles Ealy Dallas Morning News 12/13/2002
B
The performances and tight direction from Ventura Pons keep the film from descending into cheap melodrama. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 11/15/2002
Plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp. Go to Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 11/08/2002
3/4
It's the extra layer that makes this one, the movie's understanding of how disillusion and inner compromise can gradually separate a young artist from his divine spark. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/08/2005
2/5
Laura Kelly South Florida Sun-Sentinel 03/20/2003
An average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality. Go to Full Review Steve Schneider Orlando Weekly 02/13/2003
3/5
Young star Kevin Bishop plays the confused Paul with enough soul to sustain a movie that sometimes comes on like an ersatz training manual for parents of gay kids. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/02/2022 Fantastic. Could not believe that was Kevin Bishop. But a great coming-of-age film. See more 12/23/2019 Unintentionally hilarious. Old fashioned in its attitudes, poor script, badly directed and acted. See more 06/08/2012 Not sure. Need to see it again See more 08/15/2011 Seemed to be going somewhere really interesting (despite the ineptitude of the lead actor), but about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through, I don't know what happened, maybe the producers got scared, but it just spiraled into vapidity. Hadn't realized it was based on a Leavitt book, and now very curious to see whether the original was more courageous... still, it gets points just for treating several things in a way which I don't think I've seen in films before. See more 06/25/2011 "Food Of Love" refers to sexual desire but would anyone be interested in such a milquetoast guy (Paul) played blandly by Kevin Bishop. He almost ruins the movie. Juliet Stevenson plays his dependent mother, Pamela, who basically has to "out" him so he can communicate with her. She's the best actor in the movie and the only character you can relate to. It's a shame that in a gay movie, none of the male leads are people you'd want to hang out with. Blame the screenwriter and director, Ventura Pons, who gives the characters wooden dialogue and directs the melodrama like a daytime soap. Based on the novel "The Page Turner" by David Leavit, you are left to wonder what's so special about the story. A gay teen aspires to be a classical pianist, falls in love with his mentor, and shuns his mother as he comes to terms with himself. The scenes of Barcelonia are wonderful and the art direction and photography give the movie some charm. When he's told that he'll never be a pianist and a page turner is not a career, you go "aha, this guy's a loser." See more 06/05/2011 Not sure. Need to see it again See more Read all reviews
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Ventura Pons

Director

Juliet Stevenson

Pamela Porterfield

Paul Rhys

Richard Kennington

Allan Corduner

Joseph Mansourian

Kevin Bishop

Paul Porterfield

Ventura Pons

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Movie Info

Synopsis A homosexual pianist (Paul Rhys) has an affair with an 18-year-old aspiring musician in Barcelona, Spain.
Director
Ventura Pons
Producer
Ventura Pons
Screenwriter
Ventura Pons
Distributor
Trimark Pictures
Production Co
Trimark
Rating
R (Brief Language|Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.7K
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Surround
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