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  • 2000
  • R
  • York Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • York Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary Restaurant 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

  • 2000
  • R
  • York Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • York Entertainment
  • 1 h 47 m

Restaurant

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Restaurant 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

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
62
67% Positive
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
8% Negative
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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.
By F. X. Feeney FULL REVIEW
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.
By Kevin Maynard FULL REVIEW
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.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
63
Some films, oddly enough, can be too ambitious for their own good, which is the case with Restaurant.
By John Petrakis FULL REVIEW
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.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
60
Director Eric Bross has a smooth nonstyle that serves him well until the screenplay turns melodramatic at the end.
By Amy Taubin FULL REVIEW
20
It's hard to think of a single memorable line from Restaurant, even a memorably bad one.
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW

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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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Website http://www.restaurantmovie.com/
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Awards

Atlantic City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination

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