Dinner at 40

2014
19m

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Loosely based on the director's own 41st birthday party, "Dinner at 40" was a labor of love that Carl Byrd collaborated on with screenwriter Peter Macklin. The story touches on the feelings ... Read allLoosely based on the director's own 41st birthday party, "Dinner at 40" was a labor of love that Carl Byrd collaborated on with screenwriter Peter Macklin. The story touches on the feelings of a gay man turning 40: the panic, the doubt, and the supposed loss of his youth as he sp... Read allLoosely based on the director's own 41st birthday party, "Dinner at 40" was a labor of love that Carl Byrd collaborated on with screenwriter Peter Macklin. The story touches on the feelings of a gay man turning 40: the panic, the doubt, and the supposed loss of his youth as he spends a "quiet" evening at a restaurant with a small group of his closest friends--and unex... Read all

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6.0/10

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10benjweil

Packs a lot into 19 minutes!

I had been wanting to see this short film for a long time, and finally got the opportunity. I was expecting it to be good, but did not anticipate how moving it would be! The cast is uniformly excellent--very believable, and great chemistry between everyone, with Sean Dugan as an excellent lead and Joanna Adler convincing as his romantically challenged, heart-of-gold childhood friend. Director Carl Byrd and scriptwriter Peter Macklin made this 19-minute film feel like a fast-moving and compelling 109-minute feature film, in addition to keeping things funny at the right times. I can see why "Dinner at 40" has been sweeping the film festival awards.