blumdeluxe This movie surely has some stories to tell. There are several layers and morals that enroll throughout the plot. Generally, I think that the plot is the strong point of this title, presenting something you didn't see in that way probably.As a matter of fact, I don't see many obvious weaknesses. It is quite long but that somehow fits the more subtle and quiet tone of the film. But of course, that also characterizes the movie. There are no huge turnarounds or breathtaking actions, you merely see people voluntarily ruining themselves.A film that can make you think, a film that isn't as scandalous as it is put in my eyes, yet surely not a film for everybody. But if you take your time and give it a serious chance, this movie has a lot to offer.

icmecyou This movie was so colorful...I just never forgot it and the concept was engaging. I saw this movie in San Francisco in '73 or '74... I cannot remember all the details in order, but yes, three guys went to a villa in the countryside of France and ordered huge amounts of food to be delivered. At first, you just thought it was a fun party, then it got to be bigger and bigger...women came by, etc, etc. I had lived in Europe just prior to seeing this movie and I so enjoyed the scenery and just the ambiance. I assumed it was not a what they would call a full running movie and just played in certain theaters but a place like San Francisco in the 70's had the right audience.

tedg This is a sort of adventure in shocking an audience. It failed with me because I've been exposed to so many more incisive things.But I like the way it is put together. It is a sort of "Love's Labors Lost" meets "8 1/2 Women." Though both those films came after, they are far superior.Four men gather in order to eat themselves to death via gourmet food. They attempt it in remote solitude, but love and sex intrude. First, we have some prostitutes, then a chubby local schoolmarm who falls for them all. The sex — with her — is tender, never hungry and significant. She becomes a sort of witness, our surrogate in the thing, watching as each of her lovers expire from life, because of determined living.There is a scene copied later a much better in "8 1/2 Women" where our woman masturbates an old man while he expires. There it is a gift; here a duty. And that's the problem — the thing has no poetry. Sure, there are plenty of attempted metaphors, but they all seem mechanical.The grand sweep has us with relationships as passion, passion as sex, sex as consumption, consumption leading to death. A meal late in the game is "ass tart." I think this could be done effectively and may have been done somewhere. But meanwhile, I recommend the later films.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

hamonkulus Just a fact that you can see four of all best actors in unusual ugliness in the same movie,magnifies the interest to the picture.Never before Marcello Mastroianni acted so different role like here. Another fact -that all of the four personages are named the same as the actors,leads to the thought,that the actors and the director Marco Ferreri divided the same fillings on a subject of modern hight society,its eternal chasing after satisfactory which does not have limits include moral,and inability to get away of it. Like in another Ferreri movies,here there is no need to think,just to follow,and understanding will come. The picture is very good example for "different" cinema,although the one plus four biggest stars of the Europe and for my opinion of the world.