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Eating (1990) -- A group of young and middle-aged women gather for the birthday party of a friend and talk about their lives and food they cook for their husbands, boyfriends, or themselves.

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6.7/10   136 votes
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Director:

Henry Jaglom

Writer:

Henry Jaglom (writer)

Release Date:

30 November 1990 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Tagline:

A very serious comedy about women & food.

Plot:

A group of young and middle-aged women gather for the birthday party of a friend and talk about their lives and food they cook for their husbands, boyfriends, or themselves. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:

Review: Henry Jaglom's New Play Rocks
 (From Huffington Post. 31 October 2009, 3:45 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Too much, too many, too repetitive more (3 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Nelly Alard ... Martine
Lisa Blake Richards ... Helene (as Lisa Richards)
Frances Bergen ... Whitney
Mary Crosby ... Kate
Gwen Welles ... Sophie
Elizabeth Kemp ... Nancy
Marina Gregory ... Lydia
Daphna Kastner ... Jennifer

Marlena Giovi ... Sadie

Beth Grant ... Carla
Taryn Power ... Anita
Catherine Genender ... Lily
Hildy Brooks ... Mary

Jackie O'Brien ... Janet (as Jacqueline Woolsey)
Sherry Boucher ... Maria (as Sherry Boucher-Lytle)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jagfilm more


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Featured in Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) more


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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Too much, too many, too repetitive, 19 November 2004
7/10
Author: Brigid O Sullivan (wisewebwoman) from Toronto, Canada

Too many actresses - it was very confusing being inside Henry Jaglom's head. This mockumentary style movie obsesses on food and women all intertwined with sexuality.

Even Frances Bergen who plays a type of baffled sane matriarch looks as if she has had her problems with food in the past but in this movie she is astonished at the obsessive compulsive behaviour around food at this party she attends for her daughter's fortieth birthday.

Maybe she doesn't get out much in the shallow body-and-youth culture that is California. I would say that Henry was deliberate in keeping this movie without any depth. He just stockpiled it with far too many women (I lost track, they all looked vaguely alike and whined in the same sad key).

Go read a book, ladies, visit an art gallery, recite poetry, read for the blind. Far too much time on your hands. Get interesting. Maybe that was the point?

7 out of 10 for its daring - though it had to be a flop at the box-office.

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