Editing My Dinner with Andre (section)

==Reception==
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 27 reviews, with an average score of 7.8 out of 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_dinner_with_andre|title=My Dinner With Andre (1981)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-dinner-with-andre|title=My Dinner With Andre|via=www.metacritic.com}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] and [[Gene Siskel]] gave high praise to the film on ''[[Sneak Previews]]'', support that the producers told Ebert helped keep the film in theaters for a year.<ref name="barnes20130404">{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-ebert-dies-film-critic-406274 | title=Critic Roger Ebert Dies at 70 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2013-04-04 | access-date=April 4, 2013 | author=Barnes, Mike}}</ref> Ebert chose it as the best film of 1981, and he and Siskel later ranked it as the fifth-best and fourth-best film, respectively, of the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmduowlu8U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/UBmduowlu8U| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Siskel and Ebert Best Movies of the 1980's (part 3 of 3)|date=March 4, 2010 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1999, Ebert added the film to his ''Great Movies'' essay series, starting the retrospective review by stating: "Someone asked me the other day if I could name a movie that was entirely devoid of clichés. I thought for a moment, and then answered, ''My Dinner with Andre''."<ref name="Ebert">[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-my-dinner-with-andre-1981 "My Dinner with Andre."] ''Chicago Sun-Times''.</ref>

At the [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1981|2nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]], the film won the award for Best American Film of 1981, and Shawn and Gregory won [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]].