Dinner With Friends

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Dinner With Friends

R

2001

1h 35m

Drama

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Based on the award-winning play by Donald Margulies, this film follows food critic couple Gabe (Dennis Quaid) and Karen (Andie MacDowell), who believe they are living in domestic bliss. They are disabused of that illusion one evening, however, when one of their best friends, Beth (Toni Collette), reveals that her husband (Greg Kinnear) is leaving her for some stewardess. This comes as a blow to Gabe and Karen, and the shock causes them to take a long, hard look at their own marriage.

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Steven Oxman

Variety

Jewison, Deakins and editor Ronald Sanders keep everything fluid, providing multiple camera angles on scenes that are physically still.

Mar 3, 2019

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

Still, there are some lines here that will make any married couple wince.

Feb 3, 2018

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Bruce Fretts

Entertainment Weekly

Astringently witty and ultimately heart shattering, ''Dinner With Friends'' is an expertly prepared gourmet feast in a world of TV dinners.

Oct 7, 2011

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 19, 2005

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Sarah Chauncey

Reel.com

Rated: 4/5

Jun 10, 2004

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...the performances are all note-perfect.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 9, 2002

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Stephen C

What the flying ****?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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Audience Member

You just cannot believe any of the characters, so artificial. They so hard to cover all the marriage cliche's with boring dialogues. This film will just annoy you. And the way her face looked when she cried was just obscene.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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jon c

From the late executive-producer Laura Ziskin and director Norman Jewison HBO Films presents a drama of love, friendship, and heartbreak starring Dennis Quaid, Andie McDowell, Toni Collete, and Greg Kinnear For 12 years two couples have been the best of friends Yet things drastically change after one of them decides to split up It affects everybody bickering over who's side to be on, who's to blame or decide what to do long-term For any married couples there's lots of lines in this that'll make them wince and think hard about how a marriage should work It's overly-dramatic and there's a ton of dialogue exchanges among everyone about this topic Not for everyone mind you but the actors play very convincing individuals

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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a b

Somewhat stiff and artificial, definitely felt like a play. Despite all their pseudo psycho blabbing, the characters stayed shallow and annoying.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I loved it. It's such an intense drama about relationships and marriage and what happens over the years. Completely realistic. This movie is probably fairly obscure to find, but I randomly own it and finally watched it. It's a rough watch, solely based on the dialogue. Nothing else really. The points made in the conversation are hard hitting and can affect anybody's relationship, it doesn't matter who it is. An amazing film for anyone to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

The worst film I have ever seen. As one other person posted... over-dramatic.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Based on the award-winning play by Donald Margulies, this film follows food critic couple Gabe (Dennis Quaid) and Karen (Andie MacDowell), who believe they are living in domestic bliss. They are disabused of that illusion one evening, however, when one of their best friends, Beth (Toni Collette), reveals that her husband (Greg Kinnear) is leaving her for some stewardess. This comes as a blow to Gabe and Karen, and the shock causes them to take a long, hard look at their own marriage.

Director: Norman Jewison
Screenwriter: Donald Margulies
Production Co: Miramax
Rating: R, TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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