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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 May 2017

The finished product feels tonally indistinct and plays as a bit of a grind…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

Jumping about in time from the dinner to Paul's perspective on the past and the evening in question with amateurish dissolves, The Dinner might…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 03 May 2017

The problem with The Dinner is that all those elements -- the morality story, the social commentary and the acting -- don't pull together into…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 03 May 2017

Strong, focused performances give The Dinner sufficient reason to be seen…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 03 May 2017

The tone and thrust of Oren Moverman's adaptation of Howard Koch's novel is damn near impossible to pin down, which can be a compliment, but…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 May 2017

The film is much more interesting in its amuse-bouche diversions, including a surreal and emotional trip to the battlefield at Gettysburg…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 03 May 2017

Despite the presence of numerous seemingly foolproof ingredients, almost everything that can go wrong does go wrong in this Dinner from cinematic…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 03 May 2017

The way the information is revealed feels like a cheat - maybe it works better in the novel, or in the two recent adaptations, one in Dutch…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 03 May 2017

Despite frequent flashbacks and Bobby Bukowski’s richly dimensional photography, the movie has a static, stagy look that amplifies the oppressiveness…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 03 May 2017

Even without all the dilly-dallying, The Dinner would have a hard enough uphill battle to get the audience to care about four people it plainly…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 03 May 2017

[T]he tension here is in whether these characters will prove our assumptions about them wrong or simply confirm them…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 May 2017

The premise for this chamber drama is inherently suspenseful, but not enough to sustain a movie so languorous that its chapters are demarcated…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 03 May 2017

To make a movie this completely bad is almost an accomplishment…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 May 2017

The Dinner wants to chill bloodstreams by revealing what decent, civilized people — the kind that adopt children from other countries, consider…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 03 May 2017

Powerhouse performances and provocative table talk make this 'Dinner' worth making a reservation for…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 03 May 2017

On paper, writer-director Oren Moverman’s The Dinner has all the ingredients for what should be a four-star feast…

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By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 03 May 2017

The quartet of actors are all high-caliber pros, and the performances are marvelous, especially Linney, whose Claire hides depths of self-deception…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 03 May 2017

The Dinner is perhaps the most overtly political film he's done and makes for the perfect Trump era drama about the legacy of privilege…

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By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 03 May 2017

Two full hours with the self-absorbed, miserable characters in The Dinner may be too much to ask…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 02 May 2017

The film’s strength is its cast, and each of them finds moments of truth…

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