Review of The Dinner (2017) by Marlene A — 16 May 2017

A very well-acted mess of darkness & noise.

This review of The Dinner (2017) was written by Marlene A on 16 May 2017.

The Dinner has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Brenda C (82) on 20 Jan 2018

A slow churn of a movie, THE DINNER did the impossible: made me want to skip the cheese course…

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By Mary T (94) on 30 Nov 2017

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By Tam D (8) on 08 Jul 2018

Poor storytelling, it is all over the place, 30 minutes. into the movie I walked away…

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By Bob L (321) on 20 Jan 2018

A slow churn of a movie, THE DINNER did the impossible: made me want to skip the cheese course…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 08 Dec 2017

Even once you've got used to the idea of Richard Gere and Steve Coogan playing brothers, The Dinner is a confused and confusing film…

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By Paully A (54) on 20 Jan 2018

A slow churn of a movie, THE DINNER did the impossible: made me want to skip the cheese course…

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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 Katarina L (2) on 20 Jan 2018

A slow churn of a movie, THE DINNER did the impossible: made me want to skip the cheese course…

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By Anastacia C (12) on 30 Nov 2017

A long winded movie that lacks a compelling plot…

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By Cynthia W (137) on 03 Jan 2019

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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