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The Dinner Game
Directed by
Francis Veber
PG-13
1998
80m
Comedy
7.6
74%
90%
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A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
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Cast of The Dinner Game
Jacques Villeret
François Pignon
Thierry Lhermitte
Pierre Brochant
Francis Huster
Juste Leblanc
Daniel Prévost
Lucien Cheval
Alexandra Vandernoot
Christine Brochant
Catherine Frot
Marlène Sasseur
Edgar Givry
Jean Cordier
Christian Pereira
Doctor Sorbier
Benoît Bellal
Bichaud, first animator
Jacques Bleu
Third animator
Philippe Brigaud
Boomerang enthusiast guest
Michel Caccia
Guest
Laurent Gendron
Guest
Pétronille Moss
Louisette Blond
Pierre-Arnaud Juin
Boissonade
Daniel Martin
Messignac
Elvire Melliere
Gisèle
Rémy Roubakha
Carlier
Candide Sanchez
Guest
Mykhaël Georges-Schar
Second animator
Francis Veber
Director / Writer
Alain Poiré
Producer
The Dinner Game Ratings & Reviews
DirtySkeMe
4d ago
I haven't seen it since it came out still a strong comedy
Variety
Lisa Nesselson
Weaves a simple premise into comedy gold.
Newsweek
Andrea C. Basora
Despite the stagey set-up (it was originally conceived as a play and it shows), the film manages to maintain its humor and energy until the final scene in which Veber suddenly casts aside his delightful meanspiritedness and gets soft-hearted and preachy.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Scared of sophisticated French cinema? This coarse comedy will restore your confidence.
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Some realist nuances in the characters' behavior become more intriguing than the belabored humor.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
A sip of sparkling champagne in a moviegoing summer of mostly cheap red wine for teenage winos.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Its very tautness and on-the-money performances from the odd-coupled Jacques Villeret and Thierry Lhermitte help make this a highly amusing and old-fashioned big-screen entertainment.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If you don't like this type of movie to begin with (I don't), you won't be converted this time around.
Film Threat
Merle Bertrand
An idiot is exactly what you'll be if you don't check out The Dinner Game.
Film Threat
Anthony Miele
Easily the funniest and most charming film that has been or will be released in 1999 ... period.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Villeret, a fixture in French films for two decades, is short, squat, a little bug-eyed and able to completely twist the not-so-good intentions of his host.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
On its own terms, it's an idiot's delight.
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Veber directs with the involving, blurry speed of a shuffled deck of cards, which is about as long as The Dinner Game lingers on screen and in the memory.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
The Dinner Game, which Mr. Veber wrote and directed, is one of his better-constructed comedies of errors.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The funniest film this season.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
Utterly delightful.
Nashville Scene
Noel Murray
Even if he doesn't invite enough idiots, Veber still throws a nice party.
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