(It) is a downright transgressive film because it brazenly allows its characters to just talk. Actually it allows Andre to talk and, just as importantly, for Wally to listen.
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07/25/09
My Dinner With Andre (1981)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:16
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.1/10
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Reviews for My Dinner With Andre
... an intellectual bull session as cinematic performance piece...
07/16/09
What makes the film so intriguing and so beguiling and so utterly wonderful is the way it slowly reveals itself, uncoiling in ways that don't produce dramatic fireworks, but rather gradual realizations
07/01/09
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03/26/09
Top CriticLouis Malle's film was unique and exceptional in 1981, and it's still fairly unusual. It's a lesson in the value of listening and squeezing riches about humanity out of the swag of talk
01/16/09
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03/01/08
Witty, urbane, original and very dated.
10/05/06
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06/24/06
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05/15/06
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07/02/05
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05/20/03
Top CriticIt's all talk, most of it interesting.
02/07/03
Like watching paint dry, only less entertaining.
12/04/02
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11/07/02
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09/20/02
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08/01/02
It's difficult to criticize the experiments of a movie that so boldly disregards most cinematic convention.
07/04/02
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02/06/01
A couple of New York intellectuals get together for dinner and have a confessional chat about their life. Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory play themselves.
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