The secondary characters are as well-defined as the leads.
Comment
10/17/07
Restaurant (1998)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 9 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: Bross (TEN BENNY) has crafted an engaging film about early adulthood and the battle to successfully bridge life and art. The twenty-something employees of a Hoboken, New Jersey restaurant dream of having successful artistic careers, but in the meantime, they must struggle to pay the bills... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker-Denny, Catherine Kellner
Director: Eric Bross
Screenwriter: Tom Cudworth
Producer: Eric Bross, H. M. Coakley, Shana Stein
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Screenwriter: Tom Cudworth
Producer: Eric Bross, H. M. Coakley, Shana Stein
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Reviews
1 - 12 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Brody, who has the lean-and-hungry charisma of a skinny young De Niro, turns his potentially cliched, tortured artist character into somebody from whom you'd actually want to buy a drink.
10/17/07
I don't know anything about the background of director Eric Bross or screenwriter Tom Cudworth, but I'm guessing at least one used to be a bartender.
10/15/02
There are a million stories in the big city, we understand from the start -- and this isn't one of them.
02/26/02
Top Critic
Attempting to ratchet up tension, Bross relies on forced crosscutting and stagey clichés.
01/01/00
Thankfully, the film itself is a whole lot better than the name might indicate.
01/01/00
Maybe you'd do better cooking at home than heading for this Restaurant tonight.
01/01/00
The film is blessed by two fine lead performances, as Brody and Neal both offer naturalistic, understated interpretations.
01/01/00
Solid performances, capable visuals, and the honesty of the interracial subject matter make Restaurant stand out from the typical 'I'm an artist, not really a waiter' pack.
01/01/00
Restaurant is like an hour long TV drama caught somewhere between Showtime and WB.
01/01/00
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