dinner with friend be an ambitious project . it be an interesting look a the bond of marriage and and it complexity when it all say and do . two couple and gabe and karen ( quaid and mcdowell ) and tom and beth ( kinnear and collete ) have be friend forever . when gabe and karen invite their friend over to try a new recipe and beth say that her and tom be divorce . this affect karen a lot since she think of them highly . gabe have trouble put it into perspective and try to remember the good time they have . thing start to change for everyone . both marriage be volatile and ready to explode . gabe and karen marriage always rid the thin line ( she be constantly nitpicky and he back down from deep conversation about their marriage ) and but tom and beth marriage impolded from the outset ( they be never right for each other ) . deep down gabe and karen love each other and but tom and beth always saw their marriage a just another thing everyone expect him to go through . the message be simple represent nothing be guarantee . marriage be always a developing process . my mom and dad have be marry for year and but still learn from it . then there be marriage i know of that falter after like thirty year because there be just be nothing left . the performance be good . it be what you come to expect from experienced actor . i do have some problem with kinnear since he still look fairly young ( he 40 ) and not like someone who have be marry for year ( the paint on gray temple do not help much lol ) and but it do beat watch him in auto focus ( solid perfomance and but not entirely factual ) . near the end and the story begin to bottom out and fall flat . it be still an entertaining movie and but the four actor be more capable than the script allow them to be .