The Dinner (2017)

Two sets of wealthy parents meet for dinner to decide what to do about a crime their sons have committed.

Director:

Oren Moverman

Writers:

Herman Koch (based on the novel by), Oren Moverman (screenplay by)

Stars:

Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte, Steve Coogan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Chernus	...	Dylan Heinz
Taylor Rae Almonte	...	Kamryn Velez
Steve Coogan	...	Paul Lohman
Charlie Plummer	...	Michael Lohman
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick	...	Rick Lohman
Miles J. Harvey	...	Beau Lohman
Laura Hajek	...	Anna
Laura Linney	...	Claire Lohman
Richard Gere	...	Stan Lohman
Rebecca Hall	...	Katelyn Lohman
George Shepherd	...	Stephen Whitney (as George Shephard)
Adepero Oduye	...	Nina
Joel Bissonnette	...	Antonio
Patrick Kevin Clark	...	Conor
Chloë Sevigny	...	Barbara Lohman

Storyline

A former history teacher and his wife Claire meet at a fancy restaurant with his elder brother, a prominent politician and his wife Babette. The plan is to discuss over dinner how to handle a crime committed by their teenage sons. The violent act of the two boys had been filmed by a security camera and shown on TV, but, so far, they have not been identified. The parents have to decide on what to do.

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Plot Keywords:

wealth | father son relationship | mother son relationship | husband wife relationship | restaurant | 

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Taglines:

How far would you go...to protect your children?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent content, and language throughout.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 May 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

La cena

Filming Locations:

Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$655,493, 5 May 2017, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,322,839, 9 June 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

ChubbCo Film,Blackbird,Code Red

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

For this movie, The Dinner, English actor Steve Coogan's American accent used sounded so much like Willem Dafoe, that jokingly, Dafoe contacted Coogan to ask him to do voice overs for a new puppet show he was supposedly "in-production" and asked if he could use his voice to help out finishing while Dafoe was out sick. Coogan thought it was a serious offer and asked to talk it over with his agent. Dafoe promptly told him he was joking and did offer to keep in contact, "just in case!"

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Connections

Version of I nostri ragazzi (2014)

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Soundtracks

Lieber Honig
Written by Klaus Dinger, Michael Rother
Performed by Neu! (as NEU!)
(p) and (c) 2000 Groenland Records
Courtesy of Groenland Records

User Reviews

movie drove me NUTS!!!

movie aside............... the SOUND EFFECTS DEPARTMENT needs to NEVER WORK Again!!!!! whose ever idea it was to use the "APPLE ALERT SOUND" through out the ENTIRE MOVIE DIE!!!!! Usually Richard Gere movies were something to look forward to... (ACTUALLy.... he was maybe the ONLY ONE who I didn't want to PUNCH in this film)