Dinner Rush (DVD)

As an amateur reviewer with a strong writing passion, obtaining this dvd was very much well worth it as it gave me a glimpse even if on a fiction angle on how a professional reviewer/writer is perceived. I say this as someone who keeps an open mind to looking at both amateur reviewers/writers and paid/professional writers and reviewers as this helps expand my horizons as a writer. Dinner Rush is both an adrenaline filled and sensational film of various multiple men and women involved in certain parts of major action in a popular New York restaurant. Danny Aiello stars as Louis Cropa a prominent owner of this busy restaurant and his son Udo Kropa (Edoardo Ballerinia) who is also well known publicly because of the dishes he cooks. There are multiple other actors and actresses involved with this film that centers around how a restaurant that is well known also features people from various backgrounds partaking in the food as customers andor involved with serving the food in some way such as; Duncan (Kirk Acevedo) a sous chef who assists Udo with the leadership, selection, and making of the dishes,Ken Roloff (John Corbett) a Wall Street professional who socializes with other people with ease in the restaurant, Jennifer Freely (played by Sandra Bernhard) a celebrity food critic and restaurant reviewer who use to date Udo Cropa, prominent art critic Fitzgerald (Mark Margolis), Nicole Chan (Vivian Wu) a self confident restaurant hostess who is romantically pursued by both Udo Cropa and Duncan, head waitress Marti (Summer Phoenix), two very dangerous men named Carmen (Mike McGlone) and Paolo (Alex Corrado), and more actors/actresses featured etc.

What's on Prime?"Dinner Rush" (2000) Starring Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Kirk Acevedo and Vivian Wu.This film I have watched, and loved, about 8 or 9 times.It has a 91% positive rating from Rotten Tomatoes, and is included in Leonard Maltin's book "151 Best Movies You've Never Seen".It's a story about one night in a very popular and hectic restaurant owned by a nefarious bookmaker (Danny Aiello), who's son (Edoardo Ballerini) is the current trending chef of New York.From mafia and detectives to food and art critics, romance, dire circumstances with humor and sadness, Dinner Rush is the ultimate "fly-on-a-wall" film.It maybe the best film depicting the behind scenes in a restaurant, ever.Think Sopranos with Top Chef.WARNING!:DO NOT START THIS FILM BEFORE THE OPENING CREDITS!Fast forward to 8:30 in the film when you see the title and proceed from there.The reason is because the scenes before the opening credits, I feel, take away from the film.After you watch the film, then ofcourse you can go back and see what you've missed, but you might be disappointed.TRUST ME!Now on Amazon Prime.

Caught this movie on cable a few times, had never heard of it. Very good cast (not big names, but if you watch a lot of TV, you'll see people you recognize), Danny Aiello, as usual, is charming. He has a subplot with the adult daughter of his friend which isn't given much time (it comes off a little odd), but overall he was great.The movie is set in a trendy New York restaurant on a busy night. You get to see what it's like in the kitchen, what the waitstaff go through, and what the diners are like. Actual food service professionals will probably spot all the flaws and "movie reality," but for me, it seemed very believable. There are multiple, interwoven plots going on: mob guys try to move in on the restaurant to take it over from Danny Aiello's character; the head chef is involved with his hostess, who is also involved with the sous chef (2nd in charge), who has a gambling problem. A prominent restaurant critic shows up. A mysterious stranger hangs out at the bar. The bartender is amazing (and unrealistically intelligent and entertaining) at his job. A big name in the New York art world shows up with his entourage (and no reservation), but expects to be seated and waited on hand-and-foot, and happens to be waited on by the woman who painted all of the art on the walls of the restaurant. Etc. But we loved this movie. A lot goes on, but it ties together, and we love the picture of a busy restaurant that is created. When the head chef, near the end of the movie, reacts to a major crime by realizing that the nightly take is going to double - that seems real to me. Harsh, cynical, but oh-so-real. This is a great movie, especially for folks who love the restaurant world.

Probably you e never heard of the actors but this is a fast paced engaging movie. 99% on rotten tomatoes.. that's high praise indeed! Well worth watching.

Excellent film. Suspenseful and funny.A mudt buy if you like Danny Aiello and restaurant films. A keeper.

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Schnell geliefert, gut Zustand und kleine Überraschung dazu. Sehr zufrieden.danke.

Great film