Pons has aimed for a performance-driven drama whose virtues are of the small-scale, low-key variety, with the director working within narrow dramatic limits as always but here doing so brilliantly.
An elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Elusive and compelling.
60
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Village VoiceDennis Lim
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.
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.
Tossed by successive waves of floridity and biliousness, Food of Love finally washes up on the shores of camp.
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
To say the least, the chemistry is lacking; equally unconvincing is the all-British cast’s attempts at American accents.
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
New York PostMegan 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.
30
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Crushingly airless film -- Food chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.