The Dinner

2017
R
2h

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

9.9K

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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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Crime Drama Thriller

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.

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

9.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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

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2/10

A waste of time and effort and talent! - Awful film of an excellent book

This is a film adaptation of a really quite excellent book - sorry to say that the film did not meet expectations at all. It was disjointed, had no conclusion and was mostly just plain muddled.

The only positives are that it was well acted and shot nicely.

I'm unsure what the screenwriter was doing really though - to mash an excellent book up that way and regurgitate it into this mess seems a travesty.

A waste of time and effort and talent!