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Dinner Rush (2000)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 4

With the aid of a witty script and a well-acted ensemble, Dinner Rush is a tasty dish.

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 0

With the aid of a witty script and a well-acted ensemble, Dinner Rush is a tasty dish.

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Music may be the food of love, but a group of gangsters are singing a very different tune at a fancy New York dining room in this dark comedy. Louis (Danny Aiello) is the owner of an upscale restaurant in New York's Tribeca district where his son Udo (Edoardo Ballerini) has become the head chef. Udo's exotic recipes have made the restaurant the talk of the town and very profitable as well, though Louis confesses that he can't stand Udo's cooking. Louis has another son, Duncan (Kirk Acevedo), who

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Bob Giraldi

Written By: Brian S. Kalata & Rick Shaughnessy, Brian Kalata, Rick Shaughnessy

In Theaters: Sep 28, 2001 Limited

On DVD: Jan 21, 2003

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Critic Reviews for Dinner Rush

All Critics (55) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (4) | DVD (11)

Aiello is perfect as the low-key Louis, and there is not a weak link in his entire supporting cast.

July 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

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.

January 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

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

December 28, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Dinner Rush has the attention to frantic detail and hustling spirit that adds necessary sizzle to restaurant films.

December 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Chris Vognar

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

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.

November 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself.

October 25, 2001 Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz

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Kevin Maynard

Mr. Showbiz

Top Critic

Set in a downtown restaurant, this is a small, well-acted (particularly by Danny Aiello) quintessentially New York film that recalls indie movies of the 1980s.

June 20, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Shares the heady, dizzying atmosphere that turns great meals into memorable events.

October 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Mixed Reviews

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Gabriel Shanks

Mixed Reviews Source: Mixed Reviews

A genre film, but it tries to tell a story from a different angle - not through tough guys and excessive violence but through a character-driven drama with several different perspectives.

March 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Offoffoff

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

This is an unusually patient and composed feature - it's solidly scripted, it knows where it's going and arrives there with a minimum of fuss.

February 13, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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Tom Grealis

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Fiery energy, swift, character-driven chitchat and a tough, upbeat sense of how the world works.

January 20, 2003 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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F.X. Feeney

L.A. Weekly

The conflict between the 'sausages and peppers' father and his 'lobster in shallot, champagne and vanilla bean sauce' son is just one of many juicy threads running through this Altman-esque banquet.

October 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

'...beautifully captures the spirit and pace of a popular, bustling eating-house.'

October 2, 2002 Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia)

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Erin Free

FILMINK (Australia)

A movie of rich specifics and stylistic creativity that clearly comes from the heart

April 14, 2002 Comment

Ian Waldron-Mantgani

UK Critic

It's as insubstantial as a plate of linguini, but very, very tasty.

March 18, 2002 Full Review Source: BBC

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Jamie Russell

BBC

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The actors here deserve more than three stars, the plot just two. I found this just barely above passable for interesting. This movie is about nothing surrounding some art, mafia ties, a few murders, and a little sex at the working place. None of it extremely memorable.

September 20, 2011

Cynthia S.

Super Reviewer

Cast: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Sandra Bernhard, John Corbett, Kirk Acevedo, Summer Phoenix, Polly Draper, Jamie Harris, Mark Margolis Director: Bob Giraldi Summary: Louis (Danny Aiello) is an aging bookie and restaurateur who's bemoaning the transformation of Giginos -- his

November 6, 2009