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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 03 May 2017

To make a movie this completely bad is almost an accomplishment…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 May 2017

The Dinner wants to chill bloodstreams by revealing what decent, civilized people — the kind that adopt children from other countries, consider…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 03 May 2017

Powerhouse performances and provocative table talk make this 'Dinner' worth making a reservation for…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 03 May 2017

On paper, writer-director Oren Moverman’s The Dinner has all the ingredients for what should be a four-star feast…

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By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 03 May 2017

The quartet of actors are all high-caliber pros, and the performances are marvelous, especially Linney, whose Claire hides depths of self-deception…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 03 May 2017

The Dinner is perhaps the most overtly political film he's done and makes for the perfect Trump era drama about the legacy of privilege…

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By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 03 May 2017

Two full hours with the self-absorbed, miserable characters in The Dinner may be too much to ask…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 02 May 2017

The film’s strength is its cast, and each of them finds moments of truth…

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By Glenn Sumi (92) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 May 2017

The Dinner is a curiously bland adaptation of Herman Koch's bestseller about two couples dining out at an outrageously expensive restaurant…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 02 May 2017

An entirely unpleasant film about appalling people, The Dinner is excruciating to sit through…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 02 May 2017

Solid work and gripping drama are expected and again delivered with writer-director Oren Moverman's latest…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 02 May 2017

Humanity is still the most satisfying film ingredient, and The Dinner serves up plenty, plus a side of morality and a palate cleanser of social…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 02 May 2017

An acrid family affair that has been aggressively over-directed by the talented Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) and brought to intermittent…

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By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 May 2017

The beauty of a single-location thriller is how the tension escalates in containment, but Moverman fails to seize that built-in advantage…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 01 May 2017

The Dinner is provocative, thought-provoking and many times difficult to watch. And yet, you can't turn away --- it's that good…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 01 May 2017

Oren Moverman gives us a lot to chew on in this adaptation of the Herman Koch bestselling morality tale. At times, he serves up too much…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 01 May 2017

Its ambiguous conclusion should lend itself to animated post-movie discussions…

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By Tyler Biebz H (9) on 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…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for Associated Press (1,685) on 01 May 2017

The performances are first rate -- nuanced and lived in from the first moments of performative civility to the shattering barbs thrown by the…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Apr 2017

The film is shrilly, luridly, dully, and unremittingly ugly, preaching to a choir that it also demonizes…

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