It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

If you don´t like this movie the first time you watch it, give it another try: it gets better.

Babette's Feast is considered among the top movies of all time.It moves in it's own time, which may frustrate those who expect instant gratification.It is also not in English, so English speakers will have to read the subtitles.What it is, is just about the perfect film. It is best described as a touching comedy, with some serious, dramatic elements, none of which take over the film and attempt to overwhelm the viewer, but are presented matter-of-factly. By the end, you will have laughed more than you remember, and you may very well have shed tears.But tears are not due to sadness. Tears come from humor and joy. This is an understated film that touches your soul while making you laugh.

If I had to create a shortlist of my favorite films of all time, "Babette's Feast" would be among them. It is simply sublime. The story, the screenplay, the setting, the actors, their performances -- everything about this film is A-One.This film is a love story to Scandinavia, France, love, friendship, patience and loyalty. But, mostly, it is an homage to really, really good cooking, and how a single meal can transport and transform the human soul.I watched "Babette's Feast" a few weeks ago, and it has really stood the test of time. It's just a beautifully filmed, acted, scripted and staged piece of art.

Lovely, literate, gentle film-making. A tale of passions and art thwarted and brought to life, with lovely photography, and solid performances. The charming story of two spinster sisters in a dour, religious Danish town who take in a French political refugee. After years of working for these women, with gratitude and gentleness, but little expressed emotion, the woman (Stephane Audran) uses lottery money she wins not to return to France, or to start her own life, but to create a feast, bringing back her own lost artistry as one of France's great chefs. In spite of their promise not to get swept up in the food, the locals slowly succumb to it's sublime mix of the sacred and the sensual. All of this is sweet, interesting, entertaining and well told, but for me there's also something a tiny bit thin about it. It feels like a short story stretched to feature length (which it is), and I didn't find it quite as moving emotionally as I wished. Many like it more than me, but to me it's a lovely, well-told, worthwhile film, but not quite a great one.