SummaryRestaurant spins the tale of a group of young friends struggling to keep their dreams alive in Hoboken, New Jersey. The stories of these twenty-somethings intersect at J.T. McClure's, an upscale bar and grill where most of them make a living while chasing their ambitions on their days off. (Palisades Pictures)
Directed By:Eric Bross
Written By:Tom Cudworth
Restaurant
Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
8 Reviews
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25% Mixed
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80
A sharp, upbeat, well-wrought meditation on love and race that kicks the new year in movies off to a terrific start.
73
Juggles a few too many subplots, cramming in more issues than your average nightly newscast. But more often than not, this is a film to savor.
70
The film gets an "A" for effort, but doesn't have the courage to really get as bloody, messy and dirty as its subject matter inherently is.
63
Some films, oddly enough, can be too ambitious for their own good, which is the case with Restaurant.
63
If Restaurant feels like a high-caliber TV drama, it's one that tries to pack an entire season (plus pilot, plus backstory) into one episode.
60
Director Eric Bross has a smooth nonstyle that serves him well until the screenplay turns melodramatic at the end.
20
It's hard to think of a single memorable line from Restaurant, even a memorably bad one.
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Production Company:
- Chaiken Films
- Giv'en Films
- Palisades Pictures
- Rockstone Releasing
Release Date:Apr 7, 2000
Duration:1 h 47 m
Rating:R
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Awards
Atlantic City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination
