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4.5/10
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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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Spectacularly Bad
This seemed like the type of film I would typically enjoy, however there is nothing enjoyable about this film whatsoever.
The first half is so slow-paced and drawn out that I almost completely lost interest before the actual point of the dinner was revealed. Once I got to that point, the premise of the film was *just* interesting enough to force myself to suffer through the meandering second half to find out what happens in the end... except there is no actual ending. It just stops, as if they suddenly ran out of film while shooting the final scene.
Besides that, the sound editing made me want to punch my TV screen in the face. How, you ask? By starting with practically inaudible dialogue muttered under the breath, and cutting suddenly to blaringly loud transition music, and repeating that about 46 trillion times until I wore out the volume buttons on my remote.
This might be the most excruciating film I've ever sat through.
The first half is so slow-paced and drawn out that I almost completely lost interest before the actual point of the dinner was revealed. Once I got to that point, the premise of the film was *just* interesting enough to force myself to suffer through the meandering second half to find out what happens in the end... except there is no actual ending. It just stops, as if they suddenly ran out of film while shooting the final scene.
Besides that, the sound editing made me want to punch my TV screen in the face. How, you ask? By starting with practically inaudible dialogue muttered under the breath, and cutting suddenly to blaringly loud transition music, and repeating that about 46 trillion times until I wore out the volume buttons on my remote.
This might be the most excruciating film I've ever sat through.
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- scottjburzynski
- Jul 29, 2018
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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
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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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