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Eating

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6.2/10
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Eating (1990)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
302
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POPULARITY
130,659
41,075
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    • Director
      • Henry Jaglom
    • Writer
      • Henry Jaglom
    • Stars
      • Frances Bergen
      • Lisa Blake Richards
      • Nelly Alard
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Henry Jaglom
    • Writer
      • Henry Jaglom
    • Stars
      • Frances Bergen
      • Lisa Blake Richards
      • Nelly Alard
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    • 6User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Frances Bergen
    Frances Bergen
    • Whitney
    Lisa Blake Richards
    Lisa Blake Richards
    • Helene
    • (as Lisa Richards)
    Nelly Alard
    • Martine
    Mary Crosby
    Mary Crosby
    • Kate
    Gwen Welles
    Gwen Welles
    • Sophie
    Elizabeth Kemp
    Elizabeth Kemp
    • Nancy
    Marina Gregory
    • Lydia
    Daphna Kastner
    • Jennifer
    Marlena Giovi
    • Sadie
    Beth Grant
    Beth Grant
    • Carla
    Taryn Power
    Taryn Power
    • Anita
    Catherine Genender
    • Lily
    Hildy Brooks
    Hildy Brooks
    • Mary
    Jackie O'Brien
    Jackie O'Brien
    • Janet
    • (as Jacqueline Woolsey)
    Sherry Boucher
    Sherry Boucher
    • Maria
    • (as Sherry Boucher-Lytle)
    Savannah Smith Boucher
    Savannah Smith Boucher
    • Eloise
    Aloma Ichinose
    • Joanna
    Toni Basil
    Toni Basil
    • Jackie
    • Director
      • Henry Jaglom
    • Writer
      • Henry Jaglom
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    • Trivia
      After a successful stint in many television roles, this was one of the first feature films in which renowned character actress Beth Grant appeared before her roles in hit movies such as Speed (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and The Artist (2011)
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      Featured in Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)

    User reviews6

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    Top review
    7/10
    Too much, too many, too repetitive
    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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    • wisewebwoman
    • Nov 19, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 30, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ploteczki
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jagfilm
      • The Rainbow Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,100,538
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,764
      • Nov 18, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,100,538
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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