
Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco. Not only is Paul diligent but also extremely attractive, a fact noticed by Kennington and his agent Mansourian, two men at the top of their chosen careers. Kennington and Paul meet again in Barcelona, where the boy is on holiday with his mother, Pamela, who is trying to get over her husband leaving her. Paul and Kennington fall ... (Full plot summary below)
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Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco. Not only is Paul diligent but also extremely attractive, a fact noticed by Kennington and his agent Mansourian, two men at the top of their chosen careers. Kennington and Paul meet again in Barcelona, where the boy is on holiday with his mother, Pamela, who is trying to get over her husband leaving her. Paul and Kennington fall in love but this has very different implications for both men. Kennington rushes back home escaping from commitment. Pamela, meanwhile, begins to recover her self-confidence but Paul is no longer a child. Back in the United States Paul learns that his musical career is not going to progress as desired; he simply is not talented enough. Paul and Pamela will learn through their living experience how to build a deeper relationship.
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| VarietyJonathan HollandPons 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. |
| Dallas Morning NewsCharles EalyThe performances and tight direction from Ventura Pons keep the film from descending into cheap melodrama. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreThis is mild-mannered, been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant, the outrageous. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's the extra layer that makes this one, the movie's understanding of how disillusion and inner compromise can gradually separate a young artist from his divine spark. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisI suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelLaura KellyAn average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality. |
| Village VoiceDennis LimStevenson'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. |
| Boxoffice MagazineLuisa F. RibeiroDespite Juliet Stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela's emotional roller coaster life, it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxOnce the excellent Rhys and Corunder are off-screen, the film's overall staginess and the inconsistent work of the supporting cast become glaringly apparent. |