Babette's Feast

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Summary: What a waste.....
Review: I was expecting to like this film. It had been recommended by many people. After watching and loving "Mostly Martha" I was discussing that movie with a friend. She recommended Babette's Feast. The only thing they have in common are some great cooking scenes. "Mostly Martha" is a much better movie as far as I am concerned.

I guess I don't understand the puritan point of view and I was waiting for the villagers to change. But it never happened. Yes, they enjoyed a good dinner and went home happy, but I believe it will be back to normal the next day while they wait to die and then everything will be lovely. And Babette. Why has she also given up on this life? There were people in the village who seemed interesting and potential friends.

Perhaps the feast in the movie does represent the last supper. Then who is Jesus? Babette? Why? And are the choices and lives that the people have led supposed to mean something special at the end of the movie? What was gained by choosing the lives they did? All this sacrifice so that maybe in heaven one sister will get to sing and Babette will get to be a chef and the angels will appreciate them. I don't get it at all.

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Summary: Feast for the eyes
Review: This movie is worth watching almost for the cinematography alone, or simply to feast on dinner scenes where you can almost smell the food. But I liked it as much, if not more, for the subtle way it deals with important issues. Without being overly moralistic it examines themes about people who discover what is really important in life, about the pettiness that keeps people apart, and about the forgiveness that keeps people together. I don't often purchase DVD's but this is one I have added to my collection.

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Summary: holiday fare...
Review: Need an alternative to the stress of creating Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, only to have your family and friends gorge themselves full as a tick and collapse on the couch in front of a football game?

I like to watch this movie on holidays, with friends. The simple warmth and humor will remind you what sharing and generosity mean, and why you want to celebrate with those you love. Slice up some fresh fruit and nice cheese for treats. Open a good bottle of wine. You will want to partake!

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Summary: One of the most beautiful movies I have EVER seen!
Review: 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!

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Summary: Beautiful, fun movie
Review: For lovers of foreign films, "Babette's Feast" is a must. The story is simple: two Dutch spinster sisters take in a French refugee, who after 12 years of service, wins the lottery. Before she leaves to return to France, the woman (Babette) asks one thing--to cook a dinner for the sisters, their friends, and a retired General who was once one of the sister's suitors.
What follows is just plain entertaining; the reactions of the Dutch townspeople, as well as the General, to Babette's Feast are funny, and the evening of joy she brings to the town is, to sound cliched, heartwarming.

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Summary: An eternal celebration to the friendship!
Review: Babette is a film which inspires you to to be a better person. It's a splendid story about the last possibilities of a lonely human being as Stephane Audran is capable to do in a community.
The multiple readings you can make are countless ; the camera is a silent witeness to show us the unforgettable dinner in what Audran makes a tour de force acting. We had to expect thirteen years for finding out a similar film in its meaning: Amelie in 2001.
The question is not if you must to acquire this movie ; but how can you live without this one?
One of the ten movies from the eighties : A timeless gift from Dennmark to the whole world.

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Summary: Do yourself a favor and watch this movie - then share it.
Review: I don't know about you, but I LOVE to have experiences that just fill me with joy. Even better, if it's an experience that is easily shared, I like sharing it with my friends and loved ones. This film is one of those experiences. This DVD is an excellent transfer and you can just SMELL the feast that Babette is cooking up in the centerpiece of the story. But the story isn't about the feast any more than "Casablanca" is about a city in Morocco. The story is about sacrifice and friendship and honor. Many characters in this film make difficult choices during their lives, and although you don't necessarily see regret over and over, you can plainly see silent reflective thoughts about "what might have been".

If movies are shown in heaven, I would guess that the group of angels gathered in front of the current showing of "Babette's Feast" is a large one.