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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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Taylor Rae Almonte-Roman
- Kamryn Velez
- (as Taylor Rae Almonte)
George Shepherd
- Stephen Whitney
- (as George Shephard)
Emma R. Mudd
- Val Lohman
- (as Emma Mud)
Judah Sandridge
- Seven Year Old Beau
- (as Judah Sandrige)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Midnight Screenings: The Dinner (2017)
- SoundtracksBroken Piano in Hedge
Written and Performed by TJ Mothy
(c) TJ Mothy
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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.
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
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Вечеря
- Filming locations
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA(Gettysburg National Military Park)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,323,312
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $653,944
- May 7, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $2,544,921
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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