Perfect Strangers

An unsubtle chat fest stocked with immature characters ...

The actors are relaxed and self assured, and there are some classic farce situations that morph into something more dramatic.

[A] histrionic and slightly shambolic comedy of manners and morals.

It skates by on very professional performances and a smattering of revelations that manage to subvert our expectations by about ten percent.

The acting is first-rate, as is the script. The melodramatic music is less so.

Movies set in one location can sometimes drag, but this one never does, thanks to strong characters, amusing twists and sharp dialogue.

The delicious promise is that this dinner party will be a feast for the audience, a series of embarrassing revelations which are entertaining if you are in your comfy cinema seat, but traumatic if you are at the table

It might have been nastier in the hands of a less experienced director but Genovese handles it with delicacy. They might all be liars, but who's going to throw the first stone?

A relationship parable for the digital age, Perfect Strangers pits our deceitful natures against our dependence on smartphones, to mostly engaging effect.

...well acted, touching, both funny and serious, and above all deftly plotted and scripted.