Babette's Feast
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Movie Reviews of Babette's Feast
Movie Review: Religion NOT required
Summary: 5 Stars
Many of the other reviews here of BABETTE'S FEAST comment on its Christian content and powerful spiritual message. To potential viewers who might be put off for that very reason: DON'T BE! RENT OR BUY IT NOW! I am a confirmed, lifelong atheist who normally avoids anything even vaguely religious other than the great art it has inspired. And I've seen BABETTE'S FEAST at least a dozen times! I plan to watch it several times a year until the day I die.I won't say too much, as other reviewers have spoken in detail about this unforgettable masterpiece. BABETTE'S FEAST is simply the most touching, moving and delicately nuanced film I know of, and the one Scandinavian film which I unhesitatingly urge upon all my acquaintances. With none of Bergman's icy pessimism, this movie is a triumph of the human spirit and of the spirit of selfless love. It is utterly beautiful from beginning to end. It is one of the very greatest of all movies.
If you haven't seen BABETTE'S FEAST yet, you are not a fully realized human being.
Movie Review: full and overflowing
Summary: 5 Stars
The same gentle irony that Karen Blixen brought to the interplay of faith and human experience in OUT OF AFRICA is to be observed in full flower in this delightfully quirky film adaptation of her short story called BABETTE'S FEAST. Blixen found the French fathers in Kenya a bit rigid and self-interested, yet she expressed this with kindness and patience. She does the same here with her Lutheran Danes.
The romantic exuberance of the French servant-woman Babette as she brings to the island village that is her refuge the sensuality of a lavish feast does not reduce the disciplined and selfless orthodoxy of the Lutheran sect to ridicule. Rather, there is room for a certain conversion in *both* directions, a cross-pollenation that Blixen and her cinematic interpreters allow themselves to relish.
Blixen left us a great story. It has been made into a memorable film that belongs on the 'keeper' shelf of viewers who love a story.
BABETTE'S FEAST is a full plate for the heart.
Movie Review: transcends time and place
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this film about 10 years ago, and, no matter how many times I watch it, I am still amazed. It handles art, religion, love, lust, ambition, and yes, food. It skewers it's own characters as well as small town life for frequent giggles, but then stumbles unexpectedly into moments of extremely lonely, soul-searching seriousness. It is both harsh and tender. It is about religion and art, but never preaches either. It simply tries to answer the question all of its characters ask themselves at one point or another: Why am I here? What is my purpose in life?
This sort of weighty dialectic gives it it's scope, and the film answers this question with grace, humility and a sense of humor. The food doesn't come until late in the film (about 40 years into the onscreen story), and seems to posit an answer having something to do with humans needing to acknoledge that they are of the flesh in order to find spiritual grace.
Very rewarding - my highest recommendation.
Movie Review: Babette's Feast is a feast! Buy it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this movie about 5 times. Just now in DVD and in the dubbed English which at first is kind of peculiar sounding, but they left the small amount of French in French, and all the SINGING in Danish and French, etc. which made the IFFY dubbing tolerable. Frankly, the DANISH - FRENCH with subtitles is much more enjoyable. So I recommed using THAT CHOICE which you get on a DVD.
Here's another way of enjoying this movie. Just picture the cast of colorful ACTORS just being themselves after every scene.
They are cast in their roles of being these dreary Danish Protestants stuck in a place without a tree or flower or a blade of grass to lighten up the monotony. But I bet the cast were roaring with laughter every time the director yelled CUT!
The food scenes - which dominate the movie - make the movie a great cooking lesson.
The ending is satisfying and by the third viewing - you actually get the point of the religiosity of the Danes.
Movie Review: One of the most beautiful movies I have EVER seen!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is so beautiful, so awesome, I will call it a Master Piece. I have never seen a more beautiful movie. Excellent delivery. It moves so subtly. Even the ending does not tell you what wonders this feast has created for the many who participated in it. This movie continues after it is finished!
For example: how do you suppose these people will remember this Feast of Babettes? Continuously. It will not only be in their memory as most pleasant and wonderful, it will also remind them of what they have said and done before the feast, and gradually help them to come to terms with what Love truly is! A most self-sacrificing movie. Only to find that in the sacrifice one has gained their whole life and more.
Extraordinarily Beautiful. Watch it, buy it, send it as a gift. A Christmas gift, a Birthday gift, a Thanksgiving gift. This movie is worth just buying for your friends and family to share the joy of it's Master Workings!
Enjoy!