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Oren Moverman ’s “The Dinner” is an incredibly frustrating movie, almost purposefully so. It is a film about people who say things like “We’re gonna talk tonight … put it all on the table,” and then never do. They’re constantly avoiding not just the truth but basic human interaction.
tributarystu 12 February 2017. Oren Moverman's latest movie is quite the challenge. It has difficult characters, discomforting dialogue, an intricate construction and spreads over two hours. Nobody can accuse The Dinner of being unambitious, but I would like to accuse it of being an ambitious mess.
The movie goes out of its way to not provide any clarity on what you’re actually watching — a fleeting glimpse there, a resentful comment here. Not enough to hook you despite its commanding cast.
May 5, 2017 · While Stan and Paul have been estranged since childhood, their 16-year- old sons are friends, and the two of them have committed a horrible crime that has shocked the country. While their sons’ identities have not yet been discovered and may never be, their parents must now decide what action to take.
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- Oren Moverman
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- Michael Chernus
May 4, 2017 · Based on Dutch author Herman Koch’s best-seller about a family more used to burying secrets than addressing them, the film stars Steve Coogan and Richard Gere as estranged brothers torn apart by...
May 4, 2017 · Stan’s determination is cheering, especially when we learn that one of his dinner guests — his brother, Paul (Steve Coogan) — is resolutely incapable of listening to any voice but his own.
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May 3, 2017 · Things will never be the same between two brothers and their wives after an elaborate gourmet repast that's poisoned by proliferating secrets and misunderstandings in The Dinner.
