The good of this movie is the generally fine acting from a large ensemble cast coupled with the realistic portrayal of life inside a fine-dining restaurant. On the latter, the witty quick-dialog scenes were often hilarious and we were wishing we had it on dvd to catch some stuff that flew by too quickly. The pompous art critic's table is hilarious, the kitchen scenes are terrific, the old world / new world clashes with Danny Aiello are fine, etc.
The bad of this movie is that the plot is incoherent; as the second half progresses we kept looking at each other, asking "why is this happening?". And then it lapses into ludicrous sentimentalism to end: the hip, quick indie dialog worked great, the "gee pop I love you" s*** at the end was just risible.
Probably worth a 6/10, not a bad rental if you're out of ideas but don't go out of your way to see it. People who've worked the fine dining restaurant biz may get a kick out of it, but my sister's comment was "god I feel like I'm at work!".
PS Someone asked about the title: a "rush" at a store means a lot of business, so dinner rush is what was going on that night. The place was "slammed".
The bad of this movie is that the plot is incoherent; as the second half progresses we kept looking at each other, asking "why is this happening?". And then it lapses into ludicrous sentimentalism to end: the hip, quick indie dialog worked great, the "gee pop I love you" s*** at the end was just risible.
Probably worth a 6/10, not a bad rental if you're out of ideas but don't go out of your way to see it. People who've worked the fine dining restaurant biz may get a kick out of it, but my sister's comment was "god I feel like I'm at work!".
PS Someone asked about the title: a "rush" at a store means a lot of business, so dinner rush is what was going on that night. The place was "slammed".