Reviews
The Dinner
Directed by Oren Moverman · starring Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman and Steve Coogan
- 4 from the press
- 4.2 · 3 votes
The Dinner: reviews
Reviews
4.2 3 votes
What the critics say average 6.0 from 4 outlets
- 9.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman
Moverman balances the potential for staginess with his flowing cinematic bravura; he keeps surprising you, and he gives the drama a dash of poison elegance.
Read - 6.8 The WrapBen Croll
At once a darkly comic social satire, a pitch-black moral thriller and an earnest plea to recognize mental illness, 'The Dinner' is a seven-layer dip overflowing with compelling individual ingredients that, when mixed together, make the finished dish awfully difficult to digest.
Read - 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van Hoeij
A high-carat cast...tears into the juicy material with relish for the most part, but by trying to keep the prolonged sit-down affair from becoming excessively stagey, Moverman adds too many distracting flashbacks to maintain the original's hard-hitting and well-aimed gut punch.
Read - 2.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
The sclerotic staginess of 'The Dinner' means this is one to miss.
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Questions about the reviews of The Dinner
- What score does The Dinner have?
- Readers give it 4.2 (3 votes). The critics, 6.0 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Dinner?
- The highest score is Variety’s (9.0) and the lowest The Guardian’s (2.0).