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The Dinner Game Reviews
An unusually funny French comedy
When this movie started, both my wife and I sighed - another movie with subtitles to read. But it quickly got us engrossed with the brilliantly funny concept - invite idiots to dinner. I'm almost inclined to start our own version in Hanover - but that is besides the point.
The movie is laugh out loud funny, and while I don't speak a word of French, the expressions and the tone of voice of the protagonists conveys a lot of the feel of the situation.
It is crisp, short and well worth reading subtitles. A must see.
One of the Best Comedies of the 1990's
One of the funniest films of the 1990's was a French comedy called "The Dinner Game." I saw the 1998 film out of boredom, and it was a wonderful surprise, instantly becoming one of my favorite movies.
The simple plot concerns a man, Pierre, who attends a mean-spirited "idiot dinner" every week where each regular attendee must bring the stupidest person they can find. Pierre strikes gold when he meets Fran?ois, who reconstructs famous architecture out of matchsticks. However, before they can get to the dinner, Pierre throws his back out, and every effort Fran?ois (who doesn't know the real reason he was invited to dinner) makes to help Pierre backfires drastically and hilariously.
What could be a hard-to-watch film about people's cruelty to each other instead becomes a delicious comedy of errors as, in the course of one evening, the endearing Fran?ois keeps bungling various aspects of Pierre's life such as his marriage, finances, friendships, and involvement with a nymphomaniac.
Even if you don't like foreign films, give "The Dinner Game" a chance.
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