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"&lt;p&gt;At their most exasperating, the films of writer-director Henry Jaglom &lt;em&gt;(A Safe Place, New Year&amp;apos;s Day)&lt;/em&gt; can still pull you up short with flashes of wit and insight. &lt;em&gt;Eating&lt;/em&gt; features thirty-eight women (and no men) at a birthday party thrown by forty-year-old Helene (Lisa Richards). Martine (Nelly Alard), Helene&amp;apos;s house guest from Paris, uses the occasion to shoot a documentary about female obsession with food. The talk soon extends to sex, love, jealousy, men and each other.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;This long day&amp;apos;s conversation into night is by turns lively, erotic, instructive and maddening. Even when the pace lags, the actors stay spirited, with Frances Bergen outstanding as Helene&amp;apos;s mother. Men are given no chance to defend themselves; some may find that food for thought, others a cause of indigestion.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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