The Dinner

20172017
RR
2h

4.5/10

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

4.5/10

8.3K

Director
- Oren Moverman
Writers
- Herman Koch(based on the novel by)
- Oren Moverman(screenplay by)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall in The Dinner (2017)

Laura Linney at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Richard Gere at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Benjamin Snyder at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Oren Moverman at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Chloë Sevigny, Rebecca Hall, and Oren Moverman at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Rebecca Hall at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Chloë Sevigny at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Taylor Rae Almonte at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Charlie Plummer at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick at an event for The Dinner (2017)

Director
- Oren Moverman
Writers
- Herman Koch(based on the novel by)
- Oren Moverman(screenplay by)
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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. —AnonymousB

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Taglines
- How far would you go...to protect your children?
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for disturbing violent content, and language throughout.
Parents guide

Trivia
The author of the book 'The Dinner', Herman Koch, walked away from the European premiere in Berlin on February 10, 2017. He did not wish to stay for the after-party, nor talk to the director, cast members or audience. The reason was that he did not like the movie at all, mostly for the script which he thought had transferred his cynical story into a moral tale. Of the three movies made from his book, "this one is easily the worst", Koch said to Dutch newspaper NRC (Feb 11, 2017). "That after-party would have been rather awkward. What would I have done? Shake hands with everybody and tell them I hated their movie?" Koch disliked the movie's reference to themes like American violence and the stigma of mental illness. "That 'didactical' tone, isn't it killing?", Koch said.

Connections
Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Dinner (2017)

Soundtracks
Broken Piano in Hedge
Written and Performed by TJ Mothy
(c) TJ Mothy

Top review

1/10

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)

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