Late for Dinner

Late for Dinner

Sometimes you can be gone forever and still make it back in time.

Directed by W.D. Richter

Produced by New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment

199193 min5.7 / 10

A time-displaced romance about two men thrust thirty years into the future, grappling with loss, reconnection, and the possibility of reclaiming what was stolen by time.

Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).

Questions people ask

  • Does Late for Dinner end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Late for Dinner easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Late for Dinner sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Late for Dinner violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Late for Dinner scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

28/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity86

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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