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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Francis Veber wrote and directed La Doublure, which was cute, creative, light and fun, so we figured Veber's Le dîner de cons would be another winner. What a disappointment! The premise had promise. The acting was excellent. The characters worked. The movie flowed somewhat logically, and the ending was great...yet something was terribly wrong. Instead of laughing out loud as we did during La Doublure, we cringed as one stupid thing after another happened to people we didn't like or care about. It wasn't funny: it was embarrassingly dumb. In La Doublure, the main character may have been down and out, but he was a genuinely nice person, and we wanted him to succeed; here, everyone was either rotten or downright dumb. We lost interest in everyone, and thus lost interest in the movie.

Happened to see this on TV one evening recently by accident.Have to say that it is one of the best films I have seen for a very long time.Brilliantly judged comedy of manners and class that will appeal to almost anyone with a human heart and mind. Sharp witted and wise without becoming sentimental.Only criticism would be a certain staginess (I assume it was originally a play), but the humour more than makes up for that.Don't let the subtitles put you off.Heartily recommended.

Amazing! This word describes perfectly the simplicity and the incredible sense of humour of this movie! The plot is really too straight to follow, as it is very simple: Pierre and his friends do, once a week, a "special dinner" to make fun of stupid guys they meet, and their absurd stories. They call it "idiot's dinner". For them it's like a championship where they try to find the dumbest guy on earth! But this time Pierre can't go to the dinner, because he hurt himself when he was playing golf, so he must stays in his own home. However, he had already invited Mr Pignon (the dumb guy) to the dinner and when Mr Pignon arrived, Pierre's nightmare will begin! This movie is really funny because it transforms little common circumstances into hilarious sequences! For example, a simple phone call is turned into a hilarious scene! I mean, I cried of laughing when I was watching this movie! There are four/five scenes that are really funny and simple at the same time. It proves that is not needed a large budget to make a great film. In fact, this movie even seems to be adapted from a theatrical play. I don't know if it is or not, but it seems so, because of the simplicity of its setting (almost all the film is shot inside Pierre's apartment).About the acting: It's done a very good work, especially by Jacques Villeret, the actor which plays Mr Pignon's character. He's really impressive as a dumb! He's truly a world champion! It's not the first time I watched this movie, I had already seen it some years ago when it was released in theatres; but today, when I watched it on DVD, I laughed as much as I was seeing it for the very first time!

This film does come with subtitles. This film is absolutely fantastic. It should have been far more recognised worldwide. Reminiscent of films like meet the parents where the characters constantly manage to get themselves into tougher and tougher and more cringe worthy situations. By the end of the film the audience feels very played with. Such a unique film, cleverly written with fantastic mise en scene. The film deals with some complicated and taboo issues yet confronts them daringly, even so much as to derive humour from it. It is impressive that the entire film is basically set in one location and still manages to draw so much drama and comedy and keep the audience interested. Definitely worth watching. You will not have experienced a film like this before.