Box Office "Odenkirk's direction and Blieden's script consistently steer "Melvin" toward gentle and humane moments of revelation, which might feel incidental if they weren't delivered with so much wit and such bracing generosity."

Film Threat "Blieden has brought the art of dialogue back to the fore."

Movie City News "Low-key and downright authentic, it may be the keenest portrait I've seen lately of contemporary urban alienation, sharp without being unduly assertive, laugh-out-loud funny while remaining true to the poignant confusion and delusions of its four characters."

Digs Magazine.com "Very funny and oddly sweet as well, Melvin Goes to Dinner just may provide the best dinner conversation you'll enjoy all year."..

Arfmagazine.com "I see myself in all the main characters, not just one."

Playback St. Louis. "It resembles the best conversation of your life being captured on film, so that you can go back and enjoy having it again and again."

BBC "..an Annie Hall for the 21st Century."

Variety "...an intelligent, seriocomic film that, at its best, reminds of what Woody Allen used to deliver in his movies."

Arizona Daily Star "Not a moment is dull. The characters seem like old friends you haven't seen in a while, or new friends you want to see more often."

Nashville Rage "Filthy, funny, alienated, and utterly about something without being the slightest bit pretentious, Melvin Goes To Dinner is the kind of low-key masterpiece you usually only see at film festivals. Thankfully, the art of cinematic conversation is not dead, and this is the film that proves it."

Nashville Scene "Melvin Goes to Dinner is the kind of sharp, character-based comedy that's been missing from theaters all year."

The Boston Herald "Movie comedy is so star-driven that low-budget, independently made comedies rarely reach local screens. "Melvin Goes to Dinner''...makes you wonder what else we've been missing."

The Film Journal "With resolutely human characters...and a determined approach to language, Melvin comes off winningly."

Netflix "Loose, funny dinner-for-four comedy is smart, real and entirely enjoyable."

Aintitcoolnews - D-Cubed "Odenkirk's direction is supreme and Michael Blieden's screenplay is exquisite. If you get a chance to see this film, it will be one of the best films you'll get to see this year."

Aintitcoolnews - Monki "What Blieden has captured though is an incredible character driven film that moves the audience from all out laughter to tears in seconds. The best way to describe the film is as “real.” It has a very kinetic feel to it even though the characters do nothing more than discuss their lives over dinner."

Hollywood Bitchslap "Helmed by the great Bob Odenkirk (in his directorial debut), the humor may not be as uniquely surreal as his HBO series, Mr. Show, but has the universal truths of the comedy inherent in our everyday lives....Blieden, Price, Courtney and Gurwitch are uniformly excellent..."

Film Threat "Huzzah! Odenkirk makes one hell of a filmmaker."

Aintitcoolnews - Annette "Just a simple, all-around kickass movie that I sincerely hope everyone gets a chance to see."

Criminy Pete "As I'm sure everyone is well aware, if an entire film is just going to be four schmucks yammering at each other, these schmucks better damn well be interesting schmucks, and the script by Blieden (who also plays Melvin) does not drop the ball. It's very real, well-constructed and flows believably."

The Ledgers of Life "Blieden's ability to find new angles on extremely well-covered territory make me wish every nearby conversation was equally worthy of eavesdropping."

Aintitcoolnews - Sawce "Funny as it, the only way to describe this movie is "deep," as most films dealing with people talking over dinner tend to be. I mean that in a good way....Anyway, this film is fantastic, easily the best I've seen at either Sundance or Slamdance this year. "

Austin 360 "Director Bob Odenkirk transfers Michael Blieden's screenplay about nothing, into something fascinating on screen....The acting is so smooth and flawless that you feel like a fly on a wall eaves dropping on their conversations."

Austin Chronicle "Odenkirk’s movie should inspire viewers to call up old friends, order a bottle of wine, and talk the night away."

The Daily Texan "Melvin is a virtuosic dance between uproarious comedy and poignant melodrama. "