"Feast of Love" ** (out of four): The latest effort by director Robert Benton is riddled with good intentions and heartfelt musings – it's just too bad that it all seems like a charade, romance by way of a Hallmark card.

The only thing worse than getting involved in a phony love affair is watching several of them unfold throughout the course of a movie. "Feast of Love," the latest effort by director Robert Benton (who's done everything from the great "Kramer vs. Kramer" to the far-from-great "The Human Stain"), is riddled with good intentions and heartfelt musings – it's just too bad that it all seems like a charade, romance by way of a Hallmark card. Though, on the plus side, it is a step up from writer Allison Burnett's previous gag-inducing screenplay for "Autumn in New York." Take that as you will.

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