Dinner with Friends (2001)
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88% of critics liked it
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39% of users liked it
(936 ratings)
A happily married couple discover their friends are not as happy as they thought, and they begin to wonder how sound their own relationship can be, in this made-for-cable adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Donald Margulies. Gabe (Dennis Quaid) and Karen (Andie MacDowell) are a pair of… More A happily married couple discover their friends are not as happy as they thought, and they begin to wonder how sound their own relationship can be, in this made-for-cable adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Donald Margulies. Gabe (Dennis Quaid) and Karen (Andie MacDowell) are a pair of wedded food writers who more than a decade ago introduced their close friends Tom (Greg Kinnear) and Beth (Toni Collette). Tom and Beth fell in love and got married, but one night as Gabe and Karen are making dinner, they receive startling news from Beth -- Tom has left her for another woman, and the two are filing for divorce. Gabe and Karen soon feel as if they are being forced to take sides in the heated battle between Tom and Beth, and as the combative couple separates and both parties move on to new relationships, Gabe and Karen find themselves taking a long, hard look at their own marriage -- and they're not sure how happy they are with what they find. Directed by Norman Jewison, Dinner With Friends was produced for the HBO premium cable network, where it premiered on August 11, 2001. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norman Jewison
- Written By
- Donald Marguiles
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 11, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly
Astringently witty and ultimately heart shattering, ''Dinner With Friends'' is an expertly prepared gourmet feast in a world of TV dinners.
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Kim Newman, Empire Magazine
There are moments of interesting honesty, and the players get to enjoy some meaty roles - especially Quaid, nicely underplaying one of the least showiest roles he's had in years.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the performances are all note-perfect.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Would be better filmed as a play, but as it is, is a wonderfully performed relationship drama
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
As an adult drama, Dinner With Friends is apt enough at exploring late-thirtysomething angst and crisis, well acting and paced with enough momentum to keep the story from dragging.
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Cast
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Dennis Quaid
as Gabe
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Andie MacDowell
as Karen
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Toni Collette
as Beth
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Greg Kinnear
as Tom
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Holliston Coleman
as Laurie
- Angus T. Jones
- Taylor Emerson
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Beau Holden
as Al
- Jake Fritz
- Dina Morrone
- Ruth Reichl
- Romula Yanes
- Tanner O'Neill
- Charlie O'Neill

