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Kevin Maher Times (UK) This profoundly unnerving gastronomic horror is certainly the wrong flick to watch before a dinner date. Rated: 4/5 Mar 16, 2022 Full Review Katherine McLaughlin Little White Lies A feast for the senses and a promising debut. Rated: 3/5 Mar 10, 2022 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It is really unnerving. Rated: 4/5 Mar 9, 2022 Full Review Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews The tension, performances, and directing are great enough for me to recommend the film. Just know that you’ll be getting much more out of the experience than whatever the film has to say. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez The Movie Buff A Banquet starts as an interesting tale of higher-power possession with a strong performance by Jessica Alexander and a nice score, but its last act is quite messy and poorly-structured. It ends up biting off more than it can chew. Rated: C Sep 8, 2024 Full Review Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana The Geek Show (UK) It is through the use of everyday things such as scraping plates, blenders and close up of mouths and eyes, that Paxton is able to expertly create an uncomfortable and tense watch, lending moments of body horror to an otherwise sterile environment. Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Member A “Take Shelter” vibe. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/10/24 Full Review Diana S Presents as a possession film, but it's ultimately about the inevitable persistence of profound mental illness, especially when it's ignored, and the myriad ways in which treatments falter. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Spitfyre 8 Definitely a juxtaposition between plot and characterization and acting where I thought the plot didn't justify how great the actors' performances were. The performances made it watchable, but I didn't find myself really caring about the circumstances, therefore, middle-of-the-road film for me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review Savanna C Honestly I really liked this movie! I can see why some would rate it low, but I truly enjoyed it. Was it chilling and thrilling and terrifying? Not in the traditional sense. The individual storylines and arcs for each character were clear and well-driven. Overall, I found it thought provoking, artistic, and emotional. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/23 Full Review Jason R Not great https://uberscaryblog.blogspot.com/2023/04/whats-point-of-it-all.html Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/24/23 Full Review Konyia T Fine, since no one was honest I'll be honest. The ending made no sense. If someone who wasn't religious watched this they would be mad. I basically watched a movie about a mother watching her teenage daughter starve herself after her husband commits suicide. I get during the movie she said he mom was the "first star" but why'd Bets have to die? Who was the second star? Did the world end and everyone end up in a better place? What happened to the mom at the end what did she see? Where did she go? Wouldn't recommend. 30 minutes of this movie had to be missing. Hopefully part 2 soon. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.

Director

Ruth Paxton

Producer

Leonora Darby, Mark Lane, James Harris, Nik Bower, Laure Vaysse

Screenwriter

Justin Bull

Distributor

IFC Midnight

Production Co

Tea Shop Productions, Reliance Entertainment Productions 8, Riverstone Pictures

Genre

Horror

Original Language

British English

Release Date (Theaters)

Feb 18, 2022, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)

Feb 18, 2022

Box Office (Gross USA)

$5.2K

Runtime

1h 38m