I have always wanted to see Diner, and finally tried to watch it for the first time in March 2000. I had to turn it off it was so boring, and I'm not a devotee of "smash-em-up" action films. I like good scripts, interesting characters, reflective cinematography. However, this film is very much of its time (1982). It must have been a breath of fresh air at the time, with its "slice-of-life" approach to these friends, but I've seen it all too many times to be impressed. The pacing was slow, the dialogue boring and after 30 minutes I couldn't locate a plot. I couldn't tell the difference between any of the male leads (except Paul Reiser doing an early version of Paul Buchman), and could care less what happened to them (did anything happen to them??!). If you liked Dazed and Confused or St. Elmo's Fire, you'll love Diner.