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78% Critic Match
The Dinner Game
“A feast for the senseless.”
7.8 / 10• 1998• 1h 20m•NR• French
Comedy
Storyline
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Cast & Crew
Jacques Villeret
François Pignon
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Francis Veber's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Dinner Game is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
