The Dinner Game (1999)
I’ve seen Dinner for Schmucks, the American remake of this original French farce and, since I HATED that, there was no way I could help but find the original to be at least comparatively good. Really, though, I think that this movie might simply be good on its own merits.
The basic premise is that a group of men hold a weekly dinner to which each invites the most idiotic guy they can find. Somehow, I liked everyone in the film -- there was just a congenial vibe to the whole proceeding. I even found myself liking the guy who was supposed to be a jerk because he 1) invited the “idiot” to dinner and 2) stole a man’s wife. Maybe it was because I felt the mess he found himself in wasn't commensurate with his sins...or perhaps it was because he was best friends with the guy he pinched the wife from, so how bad could he be? I don't know.
Fun and fast. Didn’t overstay its welcome.
B
The basic premise is that a group of men hold a weekly dinner to which each invites the most idiotic guy they can find. Somehow, I liked everyone in the film -- there was just a congenial vibe to the whole proceeding. I even found myself liking the guy who was supposed to be a jerk because he 1) invited the “idiot” to dinner and 2) stole a man’s wife. Maybe it was because I felt the mess he found himself in wasn't commensurate with his sins...or perhaps it was because he was best friends with the guy he pinched the wife from, so how bad could he be? I don't know.
Fun and fast. Didn’t overstay its welcome.
B
posted by MeMe | 9:40 PM
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