A wealthy family has a dinner party at its home in the Welsh mountains, hosting a local businessman and farmer who hope to broker a business deal. Later a mysterious young woman arrives to be the family's waitress. This arrival will have a momentous effect on the family's principles and ethics.... (Full plot summary below)
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A wealthy family has a dinner party at its home in the Welsh mountains, hosting a local businessman and farmer who hope to broker a business deal. Later a mysterious young woman arrives to be the family's waitress. This arrival will have a momentous effect on the family's principles and ethics.
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| The PlaylistAndrew CrumpThere’s much to like about his work here. Just skip the canapes. |
| PolygonRoxana HadadiBy probing at the ways people are on their best behavior while inherently personifying the worst effects of capitalism and greed, and knowing when to abandon modesty for brutality, Jones and Williams turn The Feast into one of the year’s most smartly conceived, plainly effective horrors. |
| The Irish TimesTara BradyPitched somewhere between folk horror, ecological revenge and scathing class critique, The Feast is at its best during the elegantly atmospheric, nervy first hour, as cinematographer Bjørn Ståle Bratberg picks out ominous details. |
| The Film StageChristian GallichioNot all choices that Williams and Jones make pay off—including a late-act decision to explicitly spell out the reasons Cadi is seeking revenge—but The Feast is a compelling addition to the burgeoning genre of eco-horror, one of the more gruesome, nasty films in recent memory. |
| IGNKristy PuchkoDirector Lee Haven Jones elevates this ripe premise with a masterful use of color and a garnish of gore. This makes for a feast of the eyes, bursting with visuals gorgeous and gruesome. Tied together with a surreal tone and topped off with a generous sprinkling of carnage, The Feast serves up a heady and haunting experience that sticks to your ribs and rattles your nerves. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichDespite its refined palate and dashes of local flavor, The Feast remains empty calories — haunting only for how it seems to admit as much in the very last shot. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe film takes its cues from Elwy’s remarkable performance as Cadi, who is at once seductive and terrifying. |
| Time OutDavid HughesCapably directed by debut filmmaker Lee Haven Jones, The Feast won’t challenge Midsommar for the modern folk-horror crown. Like a Welshophone episode of Inside No.9 stretched to feature length, it’s more of a sinister little snack than a full-blown feast. |
| EmpireJohn NugentA slow-burn, sluggishly surreal horror, The Feast takes its time getting to the point — but the bloody final act is something to really sink your teeth into. |
| The TelegraphTim RobeyShot entirely in Welsh, this pristine debut from Lee Haven Jones has a methodical chill to it, laying steady groundwork for a buffet of grotesqueries. It’s horror-satire, with its eye on environmental plundering, and a demonic revenge to exact. |
