Review of The Dinner (2017) by Tyler Biebz H — 01 May 2017

Based on the Dutch novel of same name by Herman Koch, It would be better if you were just to go to bed hungry. boom, got 'em.

This review of The Dinner (2017) was written by Tyler Biebz H on 01 May 2017.

The Dinner has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 10 Dec 2017

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By James Mottram (656) for Total Film (3,532) on 06 Dec 2017

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By Caprice V (2) on 16 Jan 2018

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By Joseph H (968) on 09 Jan 2018

Despite the impressive cast and an interesting premise. This horribly written film bury's that all in unlikable characters and a terrible ending…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for Pacific Sun (San Rafael, CA) (20) on 02 Jan 2018

Some films you watch, thinking, This is seriously never going to end. The Dinner is more like, this is seriously never going to begin…

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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 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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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 07 Dec 2017

You can see where this is heading, but it just doesn't work, and most of that, sadly, is down to Coogan…

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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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