Review of Babette's Feast (1987) by Angus H — 29 Jun 2009
This absolutely beautiful, award winning and subtly sumptuous movie is a feast in its own right. No wonder it helped coin the term for a new genre called "food films" for the liberating and healing effects of the great feast at the centerpiece of the story.
The dialogue is not overdone but extremely rich like a great seven course French feast, in fact, the general's table speech is one of the finest and most authentic and powerful monologues in modern film.
It is much more than food film but an extremely mature spiritual glimpse at reality, one that illustrates mercy, healing, family, community, gifting, the longing for paradise, love, hope and ultimately redemption.
I cannot give a more enthusiastic recommendation to a film.
This review of Babette's Feast (1987) was written by Angus H on 29 Jun 2009.
Babette's Feast has generally received very positive reviews.
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