Dinner in America
Madman Entertainment | Release Date: May 27, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJun 8, 2021
It’s honestly one of the best dark comedies I’ve seen in years, and I can’t wait to watch it again. Read full review
100
The Irish TimesTara BradyJun 7, 2021
Caustic exchanges and lopsided family dynamics make for entertaining verbal donnybrooks. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMay 27, 2022
Dinner in America, written, directed, and edited by Adam Rehmeier, is a movie with anti-establishment anti-social quicksilver coursing through its veins, but at its heart it is a sweet love story, one of the sweetest in recent memory. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 24, 2022
Its content, humor, and heart all merge to deliver a piece with the potential for cult appeal that transcends the act itself. It’s a treatise on America, the blurred line between taboo and cruelty, and our collective fear of real individuality despite claims by both sides of the aisle to foster freedom. The outcasts get their day. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineJun 8, 2021
It isn’t graphic by any definition, but all the same, it isn’t for the squeamish. Instead, it’s for the punk rockers. Come for Gallner’s palpitating lead performance; stay for Rehmeier’s thoughts on what your dinner choices say about you. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 17, 2022
Rehmeier gives this conventionally unconventional romance some surprises and twists, upending expectations early on and never letting “Dinner in America” settle into “predictable.” Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 8, 2021
Beyond finding a godsend in Gellner, Rehmeier gets good mileage from nearly the entire supporting cast. They grasp the slightly warped humor he’s aiming for here, hitting a suitable range of comedic notes from the deadpan to the broadly farcical. Read full review
60
The New York TimesConcepción de LeónMay 26, 2022
There is, perhaps, an argument to be made for representing a time and place truthfully, but because the film does not critically engage with the uglier elements of the society it portrays, these become a distraction. And a viewer might find it difficult to get sucked into the love and music story at its center. Read full review
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