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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | 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

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Serves up its scattershot plots as if they were lined up on a menu, moving from appetizer to entree: there are more intrigues here than in the court of the Medicis. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Tribune | John Petrakis

    It's rare to find an American movie that works so well structurally from beginning to end, including a second act that withstands the plethora of fast-moving action, and a climax that is satisfying and well earned. Read full review

  • 80
    Village Voice | Michael Atkinson

    The cast never skips a beat, particularly Mark Margolis as the most obnoxious dinner customer in cinema history and Summer Phoenix as his unfazed waitress. Read full review

  • 80
    L.A. Weekly | 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

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

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

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | 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

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    As tension mounts through the evening, Giraldi cleverly sweeps in and out of conversations -- and brings it all together in a climax that is as hard to see coming as it is to resist. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    "Big Night" meets "The Sopranos" in Dinner Rush. Read full review

  • 67
    Austin Chronicle | Marrit Ingman

    A pleasant and often surprising ensemble dramedy set almost entirely within the walls of a busy, fashionable Tribeca trattoria on a spectacularly busy Tuesday night. Read full review

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