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Food of Love
Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Holland
    90
    Pons has aimed for a performance-driven drama whose virtues are of the small-scale, low-key variety, with the director working within narrow dramatic limits as always but here doing so brilliantly.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    An elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    Elusive and compelling.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    60
    Stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed, a volatile combination that pays off in the best scene: the mother of all PFLAG meetings.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Once the excellent Rhys and Corunder are off-screen, the film's overall staginess and the inconsistent work of the supporting cast become glaringly apparent.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    50
    A reserved coming-of-age story that overcomes flat acting and one-dimensional scene-building thanks to its lively plot.
  7. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    40
    To say the least, the chemistry is lacking; equally unconvincing is the all-British cast’s attempts at American accents.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    40
    Tossed by successive waves of floridity and biliousness, Food of Love finally washes up on the shores of camp.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    38
    Some solid performances and pretty scenery don't do much to conceal that there's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    30
    Crushingly airless film -- Food chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.
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