Review of The Dinner (2017) by Jason K — 17 Aug 2017

Ultimately, THE DINNER is a film that clouds the narrative structure, and certainly not in a manner that enhances or entices. The introduction is murky and haphazard thanks to Paul's rambling narration. The complication is constantly teased out over the dinner courses, but entirely obscured by the unceasing and disassociated flashbacks and backstory reveals. The resolution is nothing more than a fundamentally unresolved argument that indeed offers no resolution at all, while the abrupt cut to black conclusion leaves absolutely nothing answered, and is done with such brutality that the producers of THE SOPRANOS would be moved to tears.

See this movie only if you are a diehard Gere or Coogan fan. Their performances help prop up this film, though the sheer weight of THE DINNER's storyline failures can only be carried so far.

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