Eating: A Very Serious Comedy About Women and Food (1990)
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83% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(82 ratings)
The title of Henry Jaglom's stream-of-consciousness Eating says it all. Three women (Lisa Blake Richards, Mary Crosby and Marlena Giovi), each celebrating a "milestone" birthday, decide to throw a joint party. Attending the revelries is French documentary filmmaker Martine Nely Alard,… More The title of Henry Jaglom's stream-of-consciousness Eating says it all. Three women (Lisa Blake Richards, Mary Crosby and Marlena Giovi), each celebrating a "milestone" birthday, decide to throw a joint party. Attending the revelries is French documentary filmmaker Martine Nely Alard, who becomes fascinated when none of the guests will touch the meticulously prepared birthday cake. As Martine begins interviewing the partygoers, she discovers the importance that food holds in each of their lives. One of the most revelatory improvisational monologues is delivered by a matriarch portrayed by Frances Bergen, the real-life widow of Edgar Bergen and the mother of Candice. Though Eating is not for everyone's taste, for those in tune with the fiercely independent Jaglom, the film is a cinematic smorgasbord. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry Jaglom
- Written By
- Henry Jaglom
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 30, 1990 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 30, 2004
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Though largely shallow, Jaglom's high-concept serio-comedy is timely and has a few observant moments about women's food and beauty anxieties
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Reveals America's obsession with the beauty myth and how it violates the self-esteem of women.
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Cast
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Lisa Blake Richards
as Helene
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Mary Crosby
as Kate
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Gwen Welles
as Sophie
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Nelly Alard
as Martine
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Frances Bergen
as Whitney
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Elizabeth Kemp
as Nancy
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Marlena Giovi
as Sadie
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Daphna Kastner
as Jennifer
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Marina Gregory
as Lydia
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Beth Grant
as Bea
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Savannah Smith Boucher
as Eloise
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Claudia Brown
as Gabby
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Rachelle Carson
as Cathy
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Anne Curry
as Cory
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Donna Germain
as Gerri
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Aloma Ichinose
as Maria
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Taryn Power
as Anita
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Jacqueline Woolsey
as Milly
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Toni Basil
as Jackie
- Ann Bell
- Hildy Brooks
- June Christopher
- Juliette Marshall
- Mindy Seeger
- Lisa-Marie Soble
- Katherine Wallach
- Carole Ita White
- Kim Knode
- Margot Rose
