Review 1:
"...Axel succeeds where it really counts. On the screen he serves up the famous dinner with vigor and in enough juicy detail to send audiences away longing to partake in similar haute cuisine..."
Source: Variety
05/06/1987
Review 2:
"...Stephane Audran, a staple of French films two decades ago, plays the title culinary artist. Sublime..."
Source: Chicago Bulletin
p.3D 03/31/1989
Review 3:
"...A lottery ticket to culinary paradise..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.106 11/28/2003
Review 4:
"...A very handsome, very literary movie that does justice to the precision of [Dinesen]....Audran dominates..."
Source: New York Times
p.C22 10/01/1987
Review 5:
"...The delectable BABETTE'S FEAST is a fable told with passion, intelligence and sumptuousness....It's a deep reverence to all great artists..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 03/25/1988
Review 6:
"...This is a movie to be savored with a hungry mind and a clear palate..."
Source: Film Comment
p.60-5 07/01/1987
Review 7:
"Axel's elegant film, based on a novella by Isak Dinesen, is a subtle exploration of self-denial..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.62 10/01/2002