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Dinner With Friends

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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 Full Review John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture Still, there are some lines here that will make any married couple wince. Feb 3, 2018 Full Review 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 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 19, 2005 Full Review Sarah Chauncey Reel.com Rated: 4/5 Jun 10, 2004 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...the performances are all note-perfect. Rated: 3/4 Oct 9, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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