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The Dinner

  • 20172017
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  • 2h
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4.5/10
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Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall in The Dinner (2017)
A psychological thriller about a fierce showdown between two couples during the course of an ornately prepared meal at a fancy restaurant.
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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.
IMDb RATING
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8.9K
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    • Oren Moverman
    • Herman Koch(based on the novel by)
    • Oren Moverman(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Michael Chernus
    • Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman
    • Steve Coogan
    • Oren Moverman
    • Herman Koch(based on the novel by)
    • Oren Moverman(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Michael Chernus
    • Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman
    • Steve Coogan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 236User reviews
    • 118Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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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)
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    Richard Gere 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)
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    Michael Chernus
    Michael Chernus
    • Dylan Heinz
    Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman
    Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman
    • Kamryn Velez
    • (as Taylor Rae Almonte)
    Steve Coogan
    Steve Coogan
    • Paul Lohman
    Charlie Plummer
    Charlie Plummer
    • Michael Lohman
    Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
    Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
    • Rick Lohman
    Miles J. Harvey
    Miles J. Harvey
    • Beau Lohman
    Laura Hajek
    Laura Hajek
    • Anna
    Laura Linney
    Laura Linney
    • Claire Lohman
    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Stan Lohman
    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Katelyn Lohman
    George Shepherd
    • Stephen Whitney
    • (as George Shephard)
    Adepero Oduye
    Adepero Oduye
    • Nina
    Joel Bissonnette
    Joel Bissonnette
    • Antonio
    Patrick Kevin Clark
    Patrick Kevin Clark
    • Conor
    Chloë Sevigny
    Chloë Sevigny
    • Barbara Lohman
    Emma R. Mudd
    Emma R. Mudd
    • Val Lohman
    • (as Emma Mud)
    Judah Sandridge
    Judah Sandridge
    • Seven Year Old Beau
    • (as Judah Sandrige)
    Jesse Dean Peterson
    • Eight Year Old Michael
      • Oren Moverman
      • Herman Koch(based on the novel by)
      • Oren Moverman(screenplay by)
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    • 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)
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      Broken Piano in Hedge
      Written and Performed by TJ Mothy

      (c) TJ Mothy

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    5/10
    Meatloaf
    Something went awry between novel, screenplay and editing this film. It has good ingredients and should have come out well but due to bad timing and poor structure it sinks.

    Supposedly a mystery, the drama really occurs, that is the spur to action, in the last quarter; sure, it has been implied up to then, but the four leads get to it then and some life seems possible. But no, it drifts to nowhere and to nothing. It doesn't need a neat resolution but it needs a dramatic conclusion and this has missed it by a long way.

    The fault is the form which in a novel can work: out of sequence scenes, flashbacks, memories, etc but in this film are tedious and give too much time to one character played by Coogan, who is capable, but not convincing, and too afflicted by sibling envy to really provide forward movement.

    Because Coogan's character is pivotal in the first half, the others are ancillary and when they come forward in the last quarter they are not given much: petty self- interest from the women, and high principle from the Gere-politician. It's not helped by the irritating architecture around the dinner itself and the food as some counterpoint to the bad tastes that are in character's mouths.

    This probably looked good on the page but is not successful in its proper medium. Skip it and find some other fare.
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    • ferdinand1932
    • Jun 21, 2017

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    • Release date
      • May 18, 2017 (Italy)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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      • ChubbCo Film
      • Blackbird
      • Code Red
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