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By Glenn Sumi (92) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 May 2017

The Dinner is a curiously bland adaptation of Herman Koch's bestseller about two couples dining out at an outrageously expensive restaurant…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 02 May 2017

An entirely unpleasant film about appalling people, The Dinner is excruciating to sit through…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 02 May 2017

Solid work and gripping drama are expected and again delivered with writer-director Oren Moverman's latest…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 02 May 2017

Humanity is still the most satisfying film ingredient, and The Dinner serves up plenty, plus a side of morality and a palate cleanser of social…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 02 May 2017

An acrid family affair that has been aggressively over-directed by the talented Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) and brought to intermittent…

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By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 May 2017

The beauty of a single-location thriller is how the tension escalates in containment, but Moverman fails to seize that built-in advantage…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 01 May 2017

The Dinner is provocative, thought-provoking and many times difficult to watch. And yet, you can't turn away --- it's that good…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 01 May 2017

Oren Moverman gives us a lot to chew on in this adaptation of the Herman Koch bestselling morality tale. At times, he serves up too much…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 01 May 2017

Its ambiguous conclusion should lend itself to animated post-movie discussions…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for Associated Press (1,685) on 01 May 2017

The performances are first rate -- nuanced and lived in from the first moments of performative civility to the shattering barbs thrown by the…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Apr 2017

The film is shrilly, luridly, dully, and unremittingly ugly, preaching to a choir that it also demonizes…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 28 Apr 2017

Fans of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf will eat The Dinner up…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 27 Apr 2017

I love the way the film sets us up with “types” — ambitious, narcissistic politico, “trophy” wife, loyal spouse, doting dad — and…

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By Lauren Humphries-Brooks (64) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 23 Apr 2017

An imperfect but fascinating film, The Dinner's stellar cast delivers a deeply troubling and psychologically complex treatment of class and family…

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By Leonardo Garcia Tsao (41) for La Jornada (66) on 11 Apr 2017

Although it has interpreters with enough solvency, the excessive ethical discussion becomes tiring. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Feb 2017

A high-carat cast...tears into the juicy material with relish for the most part, but by trying to keep the prolonged sit-down affair from becoming…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Feb 2017

This is a film that glories in juxtaposition, as exchanges of bestial ferocity hiss back and forth in an excruciatingly elegant destination…

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By Ben Croll (93) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Feb 2017

At once a darkly comic social satire, a pitch-black moral thriller and an earnest plea to recognize mental illness, The Dinner is a seven-layer…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 18 Feb 2017

Moverman’s discordant structure constantly veers from clumsy moments to fascinating exchanges…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 18 Feb 2017

These characters get ghastly fast…

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