if you find the first 30 minute of this film to be so slow that you wonder why youre watch it and do not give up . also and hear the danish language be a bit new to most north american and who do not see and hear a lot of danish film . anyway and a the film progress it get well and well and the viewer be reward for his or her patience . be a fan of the movie and out of africa and this film pique my interest because it base on a short novel by isak dinesen ( karen blixen ) and the major character in that film . the meal babette feast be amaze . i be no chef and but i be impress . how one interpret the story and too and varies and i suppose depend on how much you read into this and and where you stand religion wise . if the latter and how you look at the definition of legalism can affect how you interpret this story . in any case and it a fine film and but do not watch this if youre dieting .