Review 1:
"...[The actors are] terrific as the friends. Each etches out their individual predicament with wonderful subtlety..."
Source: Variety
03/02/1982
Review 2:
"Movies like DINER -- fresh, well-acted and energetic American movies by new directors with the courage of their convictions -- are an endangered species....The sort of small, honest, entertaining movie that should never go out of style..."
Source: New York Times
p.C36 04/02/1982
Review 3:
5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t begins by lampooning masculine insecurity and bravado, and ends up by making sincere grown-up statements about them. A smart-mouthed but tender classic."
Source: Uncut
p.150 05/01/2006