Not a lot to it, but the sense of period is acute, the script witty without falling into the crude pitfalls that beset other adolescent comedies, and the performances are spot-on.
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01/26/06
Diner (1982)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:25
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Barry Levinson's (TIN MEN, AVALON) directorial debut chronicles the relationships between a group of friends living in Baltimore in 1959. The uniting factor for this group is their fear of growing... [More]
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon
Director: Barry Levinson
Reviews for Diner
Top CriticBarry Levinson's directorial debut from his own Oscar-nominated script remains his most perfectly realised and charming movie and is a fitting eulogy to his home town of Baltimore.
04/17/01
Top CriticThoroughly enjoyable nostalgia film about lost youth that's as refreshing as a cup of coffee from a Greek diner.
05/19/09
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06/26/08
Top CriticNo review available.
10/01/07
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02/08/07
Made by an insider, Baltimore's son Barry Levinson, who gets the texture and characters right, Diner is one of the most perceptive youth tales about the gulf between the sexes before the subject became a debatable issue.
06/12/06
Even with all its accolades, it's still an underappreciated gem
09/13/05
No review available.
04/07/05
Diner is often a very funny movie, although I laughed most freely not at the sexual pranks but at the movie's accurate ear, as it reproduced dialogue with great comic accuracy.
10/23/04
Top Critic
No review available.
03/26/04
Diner features a group of twentysomething friends whose camaraderie, hijinks and troubles ought to resonate with many viewers.
02/04/04
No review available.
09/03/03
A thoughtful, charming sleeper.
07/30/03
Top CriticMovies like Diner -- fresh, well-acted and energetic American movies by new directors with the courage of their convictions -- are an endangered species.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
04/21/03
No review available.
09/06/02
No review available.
07/26/02
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May 01, 2009:
Barry Levinson Counts to Sixty-Six 
Barry Levinson is planning a cinematic return to his favorite source of inspiration, Baltimore, with "Sixty-Six," "a story about a group of characters coming of age in 1966... More...
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