Review of The Dinner (2017) by Lee P — 27 Jun 2017

When terrible scripts happen to good actors...

This review of The Dinner (2017) was written by Lee P on 27 Jun 2017.

The Dinner has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Janire Zurbano (51) for Cinemanía (Spain) (558) on 29 Dec 2017

a well-intentioned attempt at a thriller, but without a moral dilemma. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Toby Woollaston (47) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Dec 2017

Despite the top-shelf cast, The Dinner fails to deliver, getting bogged down in moral ambiguities rather than the dark satire and cynical focus…

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By Aurora1 (24) on 03 Aug 2018

The Trip got a new chapter: The Trip Into Drama. As if the previous ones were not dramatic enough…

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By Mark J (665) on 07 Sep 2018

Boring and disjointed. Other than Richard Gere, the rest of the cast were horrible people…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 08 Dec 2017

Annoyingly it skirts around ... interesting subjects with a script that meanders and dithers too much, which is annoying as the cast are top drawer…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 10 Dec 2017

You can't help but feel that Coogan in particular will be hoping this one disappears quickly, without trace…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 20 Aug 2018

There's no shortage of ripped-from-the-headlines plot points: mental illnesses, millennial evil, political gerrymandering, failing education…

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By Tahmina K (3) on 24 Aug 2018

Horrible movie. Promised so much and delivered so little…

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By Louisa Moore (249) for Screen Zealots (249) on 20 Dec 2018

This incredibly disturbing and often frustrating film can at times come across as pretentious, obnoxious, and distressing: but that's the point…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 04 Dec 2017

The question of what the children did and how they should all respond seems to diminish as the night unfolds, adding to the air of redundancy…

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