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From the creator of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES comes a tasty comedy of (table) manners. Pierre and his snobbish friends enjoy a cruel tradition, hosting dinner parties and seeing who ...Read more
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Very Funny Treatise on Social Classes
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A group of elitest snobs invite "guests" to dinner parties, the point of which is to see who can find the most boring (read: nerdy, goofy) people they can find. Nor...Read more
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Brilliantly hilarious.
Hilarious movie! You don't even have to enjoy foreign films to love it. Absolutely brilliant! The movie continues to get better by the second and leaves you wanting more. Read more

The Dinner Game (DVD, 2003)

Francis Veber, Thierry Lhermitte|Theatrical release: 1998 | Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
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DINNER for Schmucks GAME RARE DVD Thierry Lhermitte Jacques Villeret
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    Movie synopsis

    From the creator of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES comes a tasty comedy of (table) manners. Pierre and his snobbish friends enjoy a cruel tradition, hosting dinner parties and seeing who can bring dullest, most idiotic guest. Pierre is confident he has found a real champion in Francois, an accountant whose favorite hobby is making matchstick models of famous tourist attractions. But the tables turn when Pierre gets stuck in his apartment for the weekend with Francois, and is forced to dine on his just desserts.

    Product Details
    • Number of Discs: 1
    • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
    • Film Country: France
    • UPC: 031398845720

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    Genre:Foreign Films
    Format:DVD
    Region:Region 1

    Credits
    Director:Francis Veber
    Leading Role:Thierry Lhermitte
    eBay Product ID: EPID3428296
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    Editorial reviews

    "...[The film] features a particularly wry performance from Francis Huster..."
    New York Times - Janet Maslin (07/09/1999)

    "...THE DINNER GAME is a classic French verbal farce, in which, inch by imperceptible inch, things get beautifully and hysterically out of control..."
    Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (07/16/1999)

    "...[A] tight farce....The leads are wonderful..."
    USA Today - Mike Clark (04/28/2000)

    "[T]he movie is dominated by Villeret, and the wonderful, eye-rolling Keatonesque innocence he projects..."
    Sight and Sound - Kate Stables (12/01/2005)

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    Very Funny Treatise on Social Classes

    Created: 20/10/09
    A group of elitest snobs invite "guests" to dinner parties, the point of which is to see who can find the most boring (read: nerdy, goofy) people they can find. Normally, these "guests" are aloof to the scathing critiques that follow.

    A particular soiree is foiled by a bumbling but lovable toothpick architect who ends up teaching his famous friend a very valuable lesson in life!

    You have to see it to get the nuances and just plain excellent acting/timing that make this a French comic classic; with sub-titles is best. Try to avoid the English-synched version.
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    Brilliantly hilarious.

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    Created: 06/05/11
    Hilarious movie! You don't even have to enjoy foreign films to love it. Absolutely brilliant! The movie continues to get better by the second and leaves you wanting more.
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    A "MUST HAVE" for any SCREWBALL COMEDY COLLECTION!

    Created: 13/07/07
    I thoroughly enjoy French comedy films, and this one is at the top of my favourites list!

    A brilliant and delightful comedy that will have you roaring with laughter ... fantastic script, characters and acting ... a marvellous story!

    Treat yourself to this fantastic farce ... it's sure to become a memorable and often-watched member of your comedy collection!
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    Great Foreign Film!

    Created: 04/09/06
    This is a much loved filmed I've watched on IFC for years. This is a story of a man who thinks he is superior to everyone around him, and even has an "idiot's dinner" every week where his friends all try to bring the best "idiot". Everything thing goes wrong for this supposedly superior human, and we just enjoy laughing at his situation that he brought on himself! Great film!!
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    The Dinner Game

    Created: 01/08/06
    It is a hillarious movie about a dinner game in which they have to bring the biggest idoit they can find...and that is how it starts he finds his idiot and diaster after disaster happen. You don't even mind that you have subtitles to read it is so funny.
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