The Tavern

Name: The Tavern
Released: September 22, 2000
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 57

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Castle Hill Productions | Release Date: September 22, 2000

Summary: Best friends Ronnie and Dave struggle to run a Manhattan tavern and find their self-respect. (Redeemable Features)

Director: Walter Foote

Runtime: 95 min

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Kevin Thomas

Foote pulls off a daring and unexpected finish for The Tavern that takes it to a rigorous, uncompromising level. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A worthwhile choice in a crowded marketplace.

Jay Carr

A steadily engaging and winningly humane film that loves its characters.

Elizabeth Weitzman

Won't change the world, but thanks to its casual intimacy, it was a risk worth taking. Read full review

David Chute

Although on the surface this is a modest comedy about the Catch-22 frustrations of the restaurant game (arcane insurance laws, backstabbing chefs), it is also a movie of some psychological depth, thanks to the understated precision of Dye's deep-welled performance. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Though rife with incidental plot holes, Foote's movie feels right even when nothing important is happening...which is much of the time. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Frank Lovece

A lovely soundtrack by Irish balladeers the Saw Doctors can't make up for the rest of this belabored labor of love. Read full review

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S.w.M.

Apr 30, 2007

A tour de force since the director and producer did this film in their minimal "spare time." Foote chose reality over fantasy, which is admirable. Every man I've met who has seen it adores it. (not that some women do too). It's the other spectrum of the Chick Flick (again, this A tour de force since the director and producer did this film in their minimal "spare time." Foote chose reality over fantasy, which is admirable. Every man I've met who has seen it adores it. (not that some women do too). It's the other spectrum of the Chick Flick (again, this not mean it's misogynist by any means. Foote's debut as a writer is admirable; his debut as a director and editor is formidable. He is one of those rare few who has the prospect as a consistently fine filmmaker.… Expand

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