Review of The Dinner (2017) by Aime C — 27 Jun 2017

When terrible scripts happen to good actors...

This review of The Dinner (2017) was written by Aime C on 27 Jun 2017.

The Dinner has generally received mixed reviews.

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Oh dear,what a good cast,but terribly badly directed, and sreenplay terrible,very boring,i ended up fast forwarding, as o was frustrated, and…

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