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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordJaglom isn't the first to suggest that food is at least as powerful as sex when it comes to enhancing life, or screwing it up. But he's the first to bring his giddy blend of documentary and farce to bear on the subject. Mmm-mmm, good. [08 Feb 1991, p.G12]
- 75Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertBoston GlobeMatthew GilbertEating is an eventful afternoon with a bunch of colorful characters. They're oh-so-enlightened, and they're oh-so-miserable. [10 May 1991, p.29]
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinFood assumes near-religious importance in Mr. Jaglom's portrait of needy, anxious women who spend an entire day playing upon one another's insecurities, and waxing rhapsodic about well-remembered culinary thrills.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWith Eating the ever-idiosyncratic independent filmmaker Henry Jaglom continues his intimate, spontaneous, witty but always compassionate observations of compulsive, neurotic human behavior--and reveals his ongoing fascination with women.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)It's hard to say how much the talking-head segments are based on the actors' real-life eating experiences, but they save the film by displaying a depth of emotion, candour and ironic good humour that - unlike many of the scenes in Eating - appears to be genuinely felt. [12 Jul 1991]
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie makes its point early and often: That its characters are hung up on food, and eat for unhealthy and obsessive reasons. It's true. We know it's true. We wait in vain for additional insights.
- Unfortunately, EATING lacks a main plot or any truly involving developments, and the film, after a promising beginning, loses steam.
- 38Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzChicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzWhile the actresses seem authentic in these interviews, they are forced and unconvincing in Jaglom's script, which centers on characters who might kindly be described as narcissistic Harpies. [21 Jun 1991, p.G]
- 30Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyDirected by the touchy-feely Henry Jaglom, this is film as purgative -- a hens' party from hell, gorged on its own self-importance and damned hard to swallow.