The Dinner

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The Dinner

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Released May 5, 2017

2h 0m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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As two couples dine at an upscale restaurant, their polite discourse disguises the fact that they are struggling with weighty family issues.

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The Dinner's strong ensemble isn't enough to overcome a screenplay that merely skims the surface of its source material's wit and insight.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Steve Coogan has seldom been better or sourer as the irascible Paul.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 11, 2017

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

An absolutely first-rate cast is cut adrift in a sea of laboured, overwritten dialogue in this disappointing drama.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 10, 2017

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

You can see where this is heading, but it just doesn't work, and most of that, sadly, is down to Coogan.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 8, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Compressing layers of familial discontent and rancor thinly-masked by the repulsive worst of white privilege, the tightly-wound urgency and shattering purpose of this titular meeting reveals itself over the film’s two hours.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Gifted with a terrific ensemble cast all at the top of their game here.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 6, 2020

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

The resulting film and the characters are all patchwork versions of real life and people. Nothing about this film feels genuine.

May 6, 2020

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Steve H

What’s steaming pile of crap. Steve Coogan’s character may be the worst, most pitiful character in cinema history.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Yw W

I ran across this on Hulu. I was excited about the great cast. Steve Coogan’s character is so annoying and he’s supposed to be Richard Gere’s brother. He clearly has an accent. Anyways, I turned it off around 20-30 minutes in.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Jeffrey P

Messy plot ruins everything else; the acting, style, and premise were all good and it was carried as well as Abe Lincoln carried the battle of Gettysburg with his pre-battle luncheon speech but it just took too long to get on track... and then the ending burns it all to the ground.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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Danielle S

Wish I would’ve read the reviews first. What a disappointing ending for such a long aimless movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/21/24

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Regina P

I see the audience didn't like this film, but I saw great potential here. It wandered and lost focus way too often, and that is hurting the overall product. But rich people raising sociopathic kids and making excuses for their behavior, love it! The story was something fresh, something different. It needed fine tuning. The ending wasn't satisfying, but I was glued to this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Raymond S

With the right cut, this movie could be great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/17/24

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Oren Moverman

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Richard Gere

Stan Lohman

Laura Linney

Claire Lohman

Steve Coogan

Paul Lohman

Rebecca Hall

Katelyn Lohman

Chloë Sevigny

Barbara Lohman

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Synopsis

As two couples dine at an upscale restaurant, their polite discourse disguises the fact that they are struggling with weighty family issues.

Director: Oren Moverman
Producer: Caldecot Chubb, Lawrence Inglee, Julia Lebedev, Eddie Vaisman
Screenwriter: Oren Moverman
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Code Red, Blackbird, ChubbCo Film Co.
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Disturbing Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 2h 0m

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