Feast of Love

Based on the novel by Charlie Baxter and directed by Robert Benton (of Kramer vs. Kramer fame), FEAST OF LOVE traces the misadventures of Bradley (Greg Kinnear) -- a Portland, Oregon, café owner with a knack for falling in love with the wrong women -- and his extended network of friends and colleagues, who also find themselves in their own existential and romantic predicaments (some contrived, some touching). Bradley's problem is that he doesn't "see" his mates for who they are. His first wife, Kathryn (a winning Selma Blair), makes eyes at another woman, a flirtation Bradley misses entirely but which is duly noted by his friend and loyal customer, Harry (the too-often-dignified Morgan Freeman). Within weeks, Kathryn and Bradley divorce. Lesson learned? Not quite, as Bradley soon moves onto Diana (Radha Mitchell), aka Ms. Wrong No. 2. Unfortunately, Diana appears to have no problem continuing her affair with a married man despite marrying Bradley. But all that's still not enough, apparently: Oscar (Toby Hemingway), Bradley's barista, falls instantly in love with Chloe (Alexa Davalos, in a breakout performance), a passerby who asks for a job (and is preposterously hired, even though she doesn't drink coffee). The movie wastes no time in establishing their fairy-tale romance. They move in together in no time -- and, almost as quickly, reveals a tragic twist. And then there's Harry himself, a gentle soul burdened by his son's untimely death but with a loving wife as his saving grace.