Rotten
This is mild-mannered, been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant, the outrageous.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Food of Love
In matters of love and sex... every good boy does fine.
2002 · 1h 45m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ventura Pons
Overview
Young aspiring pianist attracts attention of famous musicians. Chance encounters bring them together but expectations must be managed by all.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The performances and tight direction from Ventura Pons keep the film from descending into cheap melodrama.
Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
Plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
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.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
I suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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