Babette's Feast
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Movie Reviews of Babette's Feast
Movie Review: Rich Foretaste of the Feast To Come
Summary: 5 Stars
Exquisite foreign film winner which has subtle, yet profound theological undertones running throughout.Two daughters of the church, Luther and Melancthon, only feasting on the law, cut off from love of grace and other pleasures denied servants of the word.
Freed, they dine exquisitely on the grace theirs from "extra nos," outside them and their world. Pleasures of a rich and foreign place. Sacrificially given to them, everything laid out before them on the banquet meal, a foretaste of the feast eternal.
Reminiscent of Isaiah 25:6ff "On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine--the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever."
Hallelujah!
Movie Review: more then just a feast
Summary: 5 Stars
Babette is a french woman who comes to live with two elderly Danish sisters who are known for thier piety and goodness in their village. Babette is a stranger whose origins are a mystery but she is accepted warmly into their home because she is a friend of a past suitor of one of the sisters. Babette is a culinary genious and it slowly unfolds that she once was famous for her cuisine. Her amazing cooking talents are demonstrated when she wins a sum of money and creates an extraordinary feast for the villagers. The story may wind around her cooking but the real premise is Babette's effect on the lives of the villagers she comes to settle with. This movie is very simple yet divine. It definately deserved the Academy Award for Foreign film. Prepare to be very hungry while watching.Movie Review: More Than Just a "Food Movie"
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a sucker for food films like "eat, drink, man, woman" and "Like Water for Chocalate", etc. There is something so inwardley satisfying about seeing a grand feast on the screen, and seeing the reactions. But this one touched me like no other. It is brilliantly simple on the surface, though most of the movie is symbolic and drives home a powerful lesson concerning gratefulness, loyalty and community among other things (thanks to the reviewers who pointed out that the feast represents the Lord's supper, though I'm not "Christian" I still appreciated the parallels.) Read about the plot from other reviews, I just felt that I needed to throw in my 2 cents.
Movie Review: Babette's Feast: Satisfaction Guaranteed
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched Babette's Feast in my Women in Literature class this evening, and I enjoyed so much I'm going to buy it. The scenery and costuming are a feast to the eyes, and the storyline is very satisfying on a spiritual level.Plot summary isn't my forte, but if you want to watch a movie that was produced by people who care about the visual and audio details as well as a story that is performed well and with subtly by excellent actors, then Babette's Feast should be first on your list of foreign films. It refreshingly lacks the Hollywood glitz and glitter of a regurgitated plotline. It's a movie that sates hunger on all levels of consciousness.
Movie Review: Hallelujah, Bravo, and Bon Appetit
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot remember a more touching scene than this feast. I oscillated between laughs and tears so rapidly in this scene that my tears coagulated in my eyes. The congregations contemplation that enjoying the feast (the gifts of God) was a temptation to sin and the contrast of the General's thristing and hunger is an elegant portrait of the legelism of a misplaced piety and the sinner who yielded long ago. At the table, both came home, both learned of the grace and mercy to be found at the Lord's table. I found the whole story deeply moving, theologically sound, philosphically profound and simply beautiful. ....Bon Appetit, Bravo and Hallelujah.