By the end of the movie, we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer, in a film of great wisdom and delight.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The real feast is in the mix of characters, each so finely and unschmaltzily delineated in a script so confident and controlled that even the most passing of participants comes alive.Read Full Review »
In addition to their deft skill with light drama, the directors understand well-placed humor, and throw just the right amount of comedy into the mix to make Big Night fun without turning it into an outright farce.Read Full Review »
80
Time: Richard Schickel
A movie that is both as real as food on the table and as hauntingly evanescent as its taste on one's tongue.Read Full Review »
80
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting.Read Full Review »
The film is loaded with brotherly affection and with warm, funny and poignant evocations of a gentler time.[20 September 1996, p.C12]Read Full Review »
70
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
A feast of a film done on a low budget with a menu featuring top-grade acting, writing and direction.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Big Night, a scrumptious tale of great food and grand passions, belongs on the menu with such mouth-watering movie fare as "Babette's Feast" and "Like Water for Chocolate."Read Full Review »
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