It's a somewhat atypical spy film, in my opinion: it has a slow pace with the dinner mentioned in the title (which is quite misleading, given that it almost seems to suggest a spy rom com) which frames the The entire story, told with intertwining flashbacks, seen through the eyes of different characters. It has a refined atmosphere and practically non-existent action scenes, so it certainly won't appeal to those expecting a Mission Impossible or 007-style film. The story actually revolves around an internal affair within the American secret services, with the character played by Chris Pyne committed to shedding light on what happened, in an investigation that mixes with his private life, since the aforementioned dinner is a pretext to question one of his colleagues but above all his ex-partner.

In various reviews of this film I read that one of the weak points of the film is the lack of chemistry between Chris Pyne and Thandiwe Newton, but on the contrary I found that the two actors gave a lot of humanity to the love story of the two characters and indeed their private story seemed to me to be the strong point of the entire film, much more than the story linked to espionage, at times in my opinion a little forced and less interesting - being relived through stories and flashbacks, therefore with a certain detachment and less participation by the public.