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43 out of 60 people found the following comment useful :-
Disgusting, vulgar and fascinating, 9 August 2005

Author: mute_e from bavaria, germany

I just got to see this movie at the Fantasy Film Festival in Nuremberg and I was pretty astonished how many people actually wanted to see it. Cinema was nearly sold out and I think people got what they were looking for. It's a nice little thriller about a disgusting fetish. The audience gets to see everything. Puking fat women, sex with 600 pound women and some even more disgusting things that I do not want to mention here. But this movie has its weaknesses. Started from the tolerable but ridiculous "computer hacking" scenes in which "dir windows" kind of traces people all over the world, to an ending which is just not plausible. The movie tries to narrate a possibly real story and the ending seems to be misplaced. But as the topic said it's fascinating to see how far humans can go, although the movie exaggerates this a bit too much in my opinion. Acting was quite okay, story has its flaws, but all in all, I'd recommend this movie, because this is one of the movies you will certainly talk about after-wards. 6 of 10, not only for breaking some taboos.

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24 out of 32 people found the following comment useful :-
Interesting Movie, 28 January 2006

Author: Boardfive from United States

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 watch this movie!

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful :-
Interesting premise; sadly more diet coke than big mac, 28 October 2006
Author: DVD_Connoisseur from England

"Feed", to adopt a food metaphor, left me hungry. The premise of this film is excellent - it's the first movie I've been aware of that tackles the bizarre subject of feeders.

Sadly, the strong cast is let down by sloppy direction. The film just isn't very cohesive. In the right hands, this could have been a very tense affair and a memorable cult movie. As it stands, the film lacks tension and any element of the fear factor. At the end of the day, it's okay but instantly forgettable.

The film scrapes a "7" as the subject matter is interesting and the acting is very good....it's just a shame that butter-fingered director Brett Leonard manages to drop the ball. In the right hands, this could have been a simply excellent film.

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21 out of 30 people found the following comment useful :-
disgustingly intruigingly vulgar, 6 April 2006

Author: blueearthaqua from Australia

Feed has added yet another great twisted Aussie movie to my favourites list.

An interestingly twisted story about a cyber-cop, a sociopath and his fetish with huge women. An intriguingly vulgar story about a disgusting food fetish, a taboo web site, sex, domination, and cyber games pushing morality to the extremes. A great thriller keeping you on the edge of your seat, aptly disgusted, with a new twist around each corner.

This movie is a must see due to its shock value and eerie ability to make you wonder about what is happening in the world around you. With a great cast of sexy to repulsive actors. allow Feed to capture your imaginations for 90 Min's, to explore the never thought of and the obscene I can guarantee you will not be able to predict the start of this movie, let alone the ending! What are your neighbours really doing behind closed doors?? I dare you to allow Feed to capture your imaginations for 90 Min's, to explore the repulsive and the obscene.

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
Consumption Is Evolution, 6 June 2008

Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Sidney, the Interpol agent Phillip Jackson (Patrick Thompson) investigates crimes in Internet with his partner Nigel (Matthew Le Nevez). After a mission in Hamburg, Phillip has troubles in the relationship with his liberal girlfriend Abbey (Rose Ashton) that tags him "chauvinist pig". While researching the web, Phillip finds a bizarre site where a man shows obese women being fed by him. He finds the origin of the site in Ohio, and without authorization, he travels to USA pursuing the pervert Michael Metszencalmpf, a.k.a. Michael Carter (Alex O'Loughlin). When Phil meets Michael, he surprisingly knows who Phil is; further, Michael tells that what he is doing is not wrong since he is releasing fat women from the standards of thinness imposed by the society. However, Phil discovers the true motives of Michael, beginning a personal war against the deranged criminal.

"Feed" is bizarre, sick, disgusting; I have no doubts about it. However, it is also a scary and original story, with well developed characters and situations, and very well acted and directed. The association of the unpleasant plot with "Se7en" or the first's works of David Cronenberg or Takashi Miike is quite immediate. Michael is a clever psychopath, and his explanations about evolution and fashion standards are very impressive. Phillip is an impulsive detective that goes deeper in his investigations, but has his own demons in the closet. The result is a fascinating mouse and cat duel with a surprising conclusion. The gruesome "Feed" is not recommended to audiences of blockbusters or commercial movies; but for viewers that aim for a disturbing film that breaks taboos, they will certainly enjoy this movie. My vote is se7en.

Title (Brazil): "Feed – Fome Assassina" ("Feed – Assassin Hunger")

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :-
Mildly unpleasant fetish thriller that made me hungry., 20 July 2006

Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

"Feed" tells the grotesque and fascinating story of psychopath,who feeds his victims to death.He keeps seriously obese women in his dead mom's house where he feeds them junk food and calorie-rich slop to their hearts desire.Australian cop tries to stop this disturbed fetishist..."Feed" by Brett Leonard is an undeniably unique addition to the psycho genre.Alex O'Loughlin is excellent as the resident lunatic Michael Carter.The film is quite gross,but having seen tons of extreme stuff I wasn't shocked or disturbed.Still the subject matter is morbidly fascinating and there is enough nudity,vomit and deviant behaviour to keep exploitation fans happy.Give this tense and slightly repulsive thriller a look.The nods to German cannibal case of Arnim Meiwes are especially notable.8 out of 10.

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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
grab and snack and watch, 9 August 2006

Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Feed is a pretty disturbing film, about a sicko named Michael that has a website that features disgustingly fat women, one of whom is named Deirdre who just topped 600 pounds, and she's so proud. Seems that Michael has made rather a business out of his website because people can bet on when the women will die, and the site even features their blood pressure and heart rate to assist bettors. Hot on his trail is a cop from Australia who has tracked his site from other countries, and is zeroing in on this guy but is he prepared for what he'll find? Probably not any more than you, the viewer, will be. And whatever happened to Lucy, Michael's other prize? Well, it seems as though she died, and how does one dispose of such a mound of human flesh without attracting attention? You don't really want to know, but you will find out if you watch this sick flick. I read some of the other posts and this is not a well received movie, for the most part, but I thought it was equal parts sick and fascinating. It's got touches of black humor too by using cool 60's songs like 1910 Fruitgum Company (Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy). And who could resist a film that begins with "Cherish" (the Association) while the perpetrator is buying sacks of greasy burgers and fries to take home to his beloved fatted cow? Bleah. Anyway, Nigel, the cop, probably crosses over a few lines of authority but this is just a movie, they do that all the time. "Insomnia" was well received but how do cops from L.A. get re-assigned to Alaska? This is one strange and twisted flick and not easy to sit through, but if you have a BIG sense of adventure and a strong stomach I'd recommend this, it's jaw dropping. You might actually want to pass on snacks while watching though. 8 out of 10.

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14 out of 21 people found the following comment useful :-
holy fat on a stick, 22 March 2006

Author: nobbytatoes from Australia

Phillip, Australian cyber crime officer, searches the seedy side of the internet, seeking illicit porn and snuff sites. After his last assignment in Germany, arresting a man wanting to eat himself and his accomplice. Phillip finds a site for Feeders and Gainers, where people (the feeders) feed food to the gainers, making them overtly overweight unable to move. Running the site, Michael Carter has his latest woman to feed, Deirdre, with an abundance of food for her to beg for. Without authority, Phillip flies to America to track Michael and stop this disturbing act.

At a time when Australia is rebuilding its film industry; with great films Look Both Way, Wolf Creek, Little Fish and The Proposition, it was only a matter of time for a movie like Feed would make its way out of the woodwork. Feed is a twisted, very twisted, film on humanities consumption and the amount of food we're eating. With our society so concerned of being thin, Feed spins that notion on its head, where bigger people are more beautiful; while taking it to the n'th degree with Dedrae weighing over six hundred pounds.

Like many films of this caliber, the hallmarks of a small budget are easily seen, yet isn't that the 'charm' of these films; rough camera work, corny dialog, overblown acting and a plot that doesn't completely make sense. As Feed starts off interesting, it takes a turn for the worst. Dropping the psychological mind game Michael was playing with Phillip, Feed turns into a chase film, becoming tedious with an overly drawn out ending. Its the move into familiar, predictable territory, where it was so unfamiliar to start off with.

Like before, the acting is so overblown. Patrick Thompson's tormented cop verges idiotic, gruffing his way along. Alex O'Loughlin fails to evoke a creepy vibe for Michael. The best acting came from Gabby Millgate, donning the fat suit while repeating "Feed Me".

Does Feed put you off food, no; Morgan Spurlocks documentary Super Size Me had more of a revulsion towards food.

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
interesting, but unfullfilling, 28 August 2006

Author: knifeintheeye from Canada

The basic plot: cyber investigators from Austalia stumble on a fetist website about women who literally get feed to death of their own volition.

This movie will have a limited target audience. Fans of gross out movies will enjoy it, but there is no way an average person who pays to see movies like King Kong, The Transporter or Pirates of the Caribian will enjoy this. This target audience is a little more...less mainstream.

It's gross. At times it's hard to stomach 600 pound naked women being force fed then puking. It's a different kind of gross from movies like Cannibal Holocaust, Salo, Hostel, Se7en. It's more disturbing simply because of the subject matter, rather then the gore. But at the same time, I watched the whole thing, so I guess it wasn't bad.

Both the acting and direction were a pleasant surprise, I was expecting a mid range B movie, but got a real movie instead.

Two things I would have done differently...1. Dwell a little on the 'fans' of the fetish in question (they weren't even addressed), and 2. either more of the cannibal issue from the start of the movie or take that scene out completely or tie it into the force feeding later on.

I did stop eating though when I was watching it. A perfectly good tub of Orvil movie style popcorn, thrown away. So I suppose it accomplished what it set out to do.

I won't rate this movie though. I will only say, it was well done overall, and if you think you can stomach the subject matter, seek it out and watch it.

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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful :-
"I Wash Myself With A Rag On A Stick.", 29 August 2006

Author: ElijahCSkuggs from Happy Land, who lives in a Gumdrop House on Lolly Pop Lane

Story about an Aussie cyber cop who is on the hunt for a man who force feeds women to death. Pretty simple plot. But hey, it's pretty damn original one. But that's pretty much where the originality ends.

What follows is a psychological horror with no scares, a few sick scenes involving food, pretty good acting, questionable decision making and some pretty good directing.

I didn't care much for anyone in the film....probably the most was "Deidre" just because of the position she was in, but that's not saying much. Oh no, I felt for the Asian lady, since I have asthma too.

I do have to say that the make up for "Deidre" was done very, very well. I was second guessing myself the entire movie.

The movie is definitely worth checkin out if you're in the mood for a new take on psychological horror. I would definitely say rent it first, unless you collect films. Then Id say it has a nice, weird place in anyone's horror collection.

Pretty good flick. Almost gave it a 7.....I just didn't care for anyone.

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