Review of Dinner with Friends (2001) by Victor L — 12 Mar 2007

:fresh: [b]Dinner with Friends is a very simple story with a very interesting screenplay, a master direction by the legendary Norman Jewison and very achieved performances by MacDowell, Quaid and Kinnear, but definately the whole show is stolen by Toni Collette.

Divorce is analized watching both sides and not blaiming anyone directly, Kinnear and Collette give very valid reasons to justify their step. There were two things in this film I disliked: the very forced end the film had and the egoism by MacDowell and Quaid in trying to form their perfect family thinking that the couple of Kinnear and Collette must be together to make MacDowell and Quaid happy, with the divorce friendship was over.

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