Dinner Rush

Name: Dinner Rush
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: September 28, 2001
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini

2001

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Access Motion Picture Group | Release Date: September 28, 2001 | R

Starring: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini

Summary: Set on one lively night at a trendy restaurant in the TriBeCa area of New York City, this is a rapid-fire tale of gangsters, gourmet food, high-flying chefs, bookies and obnoxious patrons made real with snappy dialogue and an experienced ensemble cast. (Access Motion Picture Group)

Director: Bob Giraldi

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself, essayed by a pitch-perfect cast and boasting authentic urban flavors.

David Edelstein

A marvelously nasty revenge comedy. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Effortlessly graceful and burnished to a glow, Dinner Rush is surely as satisfying as any of the delicious-looking food served at Louis' restaurant -- and is as full of surprises as any dish Udo ever concocted. Read full review

F. X. Feeney

It's fitting, then, that Dinner Rush boasts Hawks-ian virtues: fiery energy, swift, character-driven chitchat and a tough, upbeat sense of how the world works. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Benefits enormously from Aiello's down-to-earth magnificence. Read full review

Roger Ebert

There are enough plots here to challenge a Robert Altman, specialist in interlocking stories, but the director, Bob Giraldi, masters the complexities as if he knows the territory. He does. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Frank Lovece

Despite the Lear-like trappings and the talented young cast, which does its work with considerable grace, it has little momentum or punch. Read full review

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MaryannM.

Sep 24, 2008

Danny was outstanding in this performance as portraying the "Old county" traditional Italian father along with its culture. The demonstration of cooking fine continental cuisine was genuinely captured on the screen than I have ever seen. The climax at the end was a perfect twist and perfect Danny was outstanding in this performance as portraying the "Old county" traditional Italian father along with its culture. The demonstration of cooking fine continental cuisine was genuinely captured on the screen than I have ever seen. The climax at the end was a perfect twist and perfect timing. This movie can only validate realists mindset and represents a culture truly missed.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Nov 12, 2019

Neither Godfather nor Sopranos, it is more like a soap opera episode with a staggering twist.

Dinner Rush The director Bob Giraldi's last film goes back to the beginning of this 21st century, almost two decades ago. And I say last film, because after that he hasn't made any, which is kindNeither Godfather nor Sopranos, it is more like a soap opera episode with a staggering twist.

Dinner Rush

The director Bob Giraldi's last film goes back to the beginning of this 21st century, almost two decades ago. And I say last film, because after that he hasn't made any, which is kind of unusual in show business especially after adding to that fact is that, this is an amazing film. Simply brilliant. Thrilling. And also charming. Where did they get the room to fill that in. And where all these flavours were supposed to overpower each other making it a muddy hotchpotch of failed attempts, the film is crystal clear when it shifts from one table to another. You don't see that coherence, that confident in storyteller's language.

For frankly, that is the only achievement in the film that makes it apart from other crime dramas. For underneath all the dressing, it's a gossip town is what it is. That's what lightens up this night. The entire film has to and does run on simply conversations shared by these people trying to have a good time. In return we get some of the best bar games, flirt talks, gossip columns, cut throat politics, jealous exes, fed up customers and work affairs.

All these things are shot left and right and never sets together for one goal in one direction. And maybe that's why this runny dish- I know it's not fair that just because the film has a restaurant in it so I just use the metaphors revolving around it- is all over the place and still the most ordered item in this rich formal place. Dinner Rush is perfectly titled. It has people having dinner in it. And they are in a rush. Dinner will always speak to you, rush was the difficult part and they have got that objective checked with a smile on their faces.… Expand

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