Memorable, crazy movie

Don't Believe the Hype

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The premise for "Feed", an Australian thriller, is reminiscent of such films as Seven, in which a biblical sin is fleshed out through a serial killer plot device. In Feed, a serial killer (O'Loughlin) manipulates women to overeat, so much that they'll hearts will eventually be stopped by their obese condition. Much like in Seven, the killer justifies his sociopathic actions through the sinful lifestyles of their victims, this time the deadly sin being gluttony. The point of course is not that serial killers' actions are justifiable, but rather highlighting the moral corruption of society at large. People idolize their bodily beauty so much, that the end-result, whether it's anorexic underweight or obesity, that he end result can only be devastating ugliness and, literally and metaphorically, death.While "Feed" then certainly is a movie that drives the point home with vehement conviction, the execution is its biggest obstacle in delivering that message to its audience. To put it simply, the film is so overly disgusting it's hardly possible to watch it, or finding an audience large enough to appreciate its message. Second, he execution of the script often trails to unintended comedy, that is, when it's not causing vomit-inducing reactions. And whence the two combine, the film begins to lose its thrive.On a more positive note, its star, Alex O'Loughlin provides a chilling performance as a sociopathic egotist, whose religious convictions posit with an illusion of being on top of the food chain, an illusion that the film's twisted, dark ending smacks right out of him. Unfortunately, a few minutes of pure genius does not compensate for an hour and a half of pure amateur execution.

Loathsome obesity porn that debases its viewers, and I'm giving it a solid 8! You find yourself having your face rubbed into the obese corpulent bodies of Deidre and watching her have food poured onto her, with dehumanizing and sickening actions abounding, all surrounded by an aura of pornographic sleaze and men suddenly dropping trouser and more penis than you were probably counting on when you walked in the door. And then more debasement and humiliation, and titillation, and the film keeps dangling (between the male nudity) the promise that you'll be given a snuff scene for a "happy ending," and -- it's all just a big sick mindgame. It's quite a sickening experience. I applaud the film's producer, director and actors. They truly gave it all.

After discovering Alex O'Loughlin on American TV I started to collect all of his work, and FEED was the first movie I found. I rented it at Blockbuster and after watching it there was no way I was going to give it back. I bought it. Alex and his costar Patrick Thompson came up with the idea for a thriller about feeders and gainers after seeing a documentary about it on TV. They presented the idea to Brett Leonard (almost everyone in the cast of FEED was in Brett's movie "Man-Thing") and it took off from there. They made this movie in 28 days on an extremely low budget, and I love it. I have read and heard so many different opinions of this movie, and apparently many people missed the fact that this was supposed to be not only a thriller but a very dark comedy as well. Some of the scenes make me laugh out loud. Alex O'Loughlin shows off his acting skills and diversity as Michael and he and Gabby Millgate (a comedic actress) play off of one another so well. This was Patrick Thompson's first lead in a film and I think he did a great job. The entire cast was excellent. If you are going to watch the DVD for the first time, watch some of the extras - like "FEED in Philly". Melissa Beauford and Alex O. answer questions from the audience. It is not only quite entertaining but it explains many things about the movie and how it was made. I have many different versions of the DVD from around the world now, and I love the UK version, as it has the option to watch the movie with a voice over commentary by Brett Leonard. He explains how due to the low budget they actually did some scenes in restaurants at rush hour and on the street - and actually were chased by Asian pimps in the scene where Phillip is walking through the red light district. They thought they were cops. There are so many more fascinating stories about the making of the film, and Brett has a wonderful sense of humor. The beginning scene is based on a true story of a man who placed an ad on the internet for someone who wanted to die by being eaten - 100 people responded and one man actually went through with it. Everything in that scene was based on reality except for the part where Phillip comes in. The police in Germany saw it all on tape but they never came in and busted them like that. The rest of the movie compares the screwed up life of Phillip and Abbie to the lives of Michael and Dierdre. The first part of the film shows a realistic view of the lives of feeders and gainers, and the rest is just "making a movie" as Melissa Beauford said. This film is interesting, to say the least, very funny at times, and every time I watch it I see something I didn't notice before. Anyone with an open mind and a sense of humor will enjoy this movie. The entire cast is fantastic, but Alex O'Loughlin shines as Michael. His American accent is perfect. In Brett's commentary he said that Alex is "a movie star". I couldn't agree more. Oh - I have to mention the fat suit. They did such a great job on it, many people think that Gabby is really 602 pounds! I think the main reason that some people think this film is so gross is because it shows a handsome and fit young man and a 602 pound woman getting off on each other. I bet that if it had been a 105 pound woman, those people would not have reacted the same way. Another thing I enjoyed in FEED is the soundtrack - it is fun and really rocks. I bought the CD and love it. Well, I love this movie. Buy it.

It was gruesome and full of strange oddities. The basic plot of a man force feeding women to death is the basic key of desire to want to watch this movie. Well, besides the crime investigator, and the hardcore sex, thats basically what you see in this movie. A woman being fattened up until she's so morbidly obese that she cannot live on her own, and is basically bet on for how huge she can get and how long she will stay alive as an extremely fat woman. It was enough to send chills down my spine, watching 9/10th's of this movie. If you wanted to watch something that scars you for a while, then in that case I deeply suggest you stay out of watching this movie!Evren Buyruk