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Adapted from David Leavitt's book The Page Turner, Food of Love tells the story of a cross-generational romance between two men. Paul (Kevin Bishop), a sexually repressed teenager, is an aspiring pian... read more read more...ist who gets an opportunity to work as a page turner for Richard Kennington (Paul Rhys), a renowned pianist who also happens to be Paul's idol. A flirtation ensues between the two men after a concert one night, but further possibilities are thwarted by the meddling of Paul's neurotic mother Pamela (Juliet Stevenson). When Paul and Richard meet again six months later in Barcelona, they begin where they left off, tumbling headlong into a passionate affair despite the continued intrusion of Pamela, who believes that Richard is flirting with her. The affair is further complicated by the presence of Mansourian (Allan Corduner), Richard's manager and lover, who is suspicious of the relationship between Richard and Paul. Unable to deal with the situation, Richard flees to New York, and when he and his young lover finally meet again, Paul is a Julliard student engaged in an affair with yet another middle-aged man. Food of Love was screened at the 2002 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Ventura Pons

Release Date: January 3, 2003

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DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004

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  • flickfever
    July 16, 2006
    flickfever
    This movie had to be the dullest piece-of-crap I've ever seen. Wait-- that would be Gods and Generals. But this would be high up there on my list of crappy movies. It has nothing to do with it being gay-themed (I loved Brokeback Mountain and Touch of Pink). It's just that the scr... read moreipt is a thin shroud for a softcore gay porn flick. It is truly horrendous and there's no character development at all. The lead is a page turner for a pianist or something. That's it. No cinematography to redeem it (good cinematography can actually make a really shitty movie good enough for me to like), and there's no great performances by females (which is usually the case and only saving grace for actresses in gay men movies). Stay away from this atrocious production. Don't even watch it out of morbid curiosity.
  • logged81
    June 28, 2009
    logged81
    I really enjoyed this film. There were many flaws though. The acting seemed disjointed, especially the lead character. The mother was really way over the top, I wish she would have been just a little more tame. The ending was really way open. So, much so that I almost rated this ... read morelower
  • ecurb3811
    March 4, 2007
    ecurb3811
    Kevin Bishop, a fairly new actor plays an outstanding lead part in this movie. Based on the novel The Tale of Love, its a story of an 18 year old man and his much older mentor as he studies to be a classical pianist.

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Roger Moore
February 6, 2003
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

This is mild-mannered, been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant, the outrageous.

Charles Ealy
December 13, 2002
Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News

The performances and tight direction from Ventura Pons keep the film from descending into cheap melodrama. Full Review

Frank Scheck
November 15, 2002
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

Plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp.

Mick LaSalle
November 8, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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. Full Review

Andrew Sarris
November 6, 2002
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

I suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject. Full Review

Kevin Thomas
October 31, 2002
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

An elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing. Full Review

Megan Turner
October 25, 2002
Megan Turner, New York Post

There's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale.

Jan Stuart
October 24, 2002
Jan Stuart, Newsday

Food for Love endeavors and largely succeeds in lending equal weight to the emotional turmoil of its older and younger characters. Full Review

Dave Kehr
October 24, 2002
Dave Kehr, New York Times

The picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush, swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain. Full Review

Dennis Lim
October 22, 2002
Dennis Lim, Village Voice

Stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed, a volatile combination. Full Review

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