Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke
In late 1950's Baltimore, six guys in their early twenties are stumbling into adulthood, balancing responsibility with carefree time together at their local diner.
DVD Release Date: April 4, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (406)
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April 20, 2009I get it. It's that post-college angst mixed with the fear of the "real world"...growing up, marriage, all those bananas.
Once again, the late 1950's are portrayed to be LAME AS A FUCK UGLY DONKEY. I know it was a different world back then, but really...a FUCKING DINER is all ...( read more) -
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February 4, 2008Eddie: When you're making out, which do you prefer, Sinatra or Mathis?
Boogie: I like Presley.
A coming of age comedy about a group of guys on the verge of truly becoming adults. Its set in 1950s Baltimore, and revolves around this group mainly hanging out in a diner.
The grou...( read more) -
April 16, 2007A film that oozes cool. The sharp witty dialogue is simply fantastic. The young cast also put real heart into amazing performances, in which each character must come to terms with having to grow up in their own way. A deffinate small classic, and great for anyone who loves Swing...( read more)
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November 6, 2009Well written in terms of dialogue but messy in terms of narrative structure. But who knows, perhaps Levinson made it like this to represent the tattered lives of the principle characters.
Despite the messy, at times off putting stucture, this film is a deep,well written film e...( read more) -
September 18, 2009The thing about this film that I liked the most was that, for the first time in a long time, I felt that these were characters that I could actually hang out with. The dialogue is great and most of the performances were spot on (except for Tim Daly, who really didn't impress me a...( read more)
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July 28, 2009Good acting and a drunk Kevin Bacon in his underwear lying in the manger.
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June 26, 2009One of my favorite movies of 2008 was The Wrestler, and key to that film was the lead performance by Mickey Rourke. As much as I loved Sean Penn in Milk, I?m confident in saying that Rourke was robbed. However, one element of that whole story I wasn?t really in on was that of R...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
September 13, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Diner is often a very funny movie, although I laughed most freely not at the sexual pranks but at the movie's accurate ear, as it reproduced dialogue with great comic accuracy. full review
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