The Dinner

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Darja S @darjasuri Jul 22 90% of the film takes place in one upscale restaurant — a confined, dark space where something is happening not only between this small group of people, but inside each of them. Laura Linney is wonderful, as always. Raises heavy questions about parenting, consequences, and how far we're willing to go for the people we love. The ratings are wrong. Not bad at all! Full review on my website darjasuri. See more Jovana M. @J_loves_movies Jun 2 Do not make the same mistake after looking the reviews here to think to yourself "It can't be that bad" and give it a go- because it is that bad and a waste of time of a movie. It actually starts off well and then it wanders into many different directions, one of which even involves war scenes (?!) just a mess. See more Charles P @RT36323923 Sep 15 Could've been ok, if anybody had cared to tack on an ending. See more Peter S @Themanwhosings 07/25/2025 I’d rate this negative 5 stars. There is no story arc. There are no likeable characters. There is no flow of narrative. See more 1 1 @RT67984275 11/23/2024 The movie gives a deep insight into narcissistic abuse and control. When he (Stan Lohman/R. Gere) says ‘everything is politics, even family’ he means it. In the end the politician holds his whole family morally and mentally hostage and gets away unblemished and with absolute power over his entire family. We do not know if the kid (Bo) is still alive, but I doubt it. He was always a pawn, a front to make the politician look good. The brother will go to jail and funny enough married a replica of his ‘mother’, a woman who loves her son more than him, even will sacrifice her husband to save her son. This movie left me wondering how many viewers see through the manipulation of people with narcissistic maybe even psychopathic tendencies. Stan Lohman knew exactly where he wanted his family members to end up after the dinner… doing the dirty work themselves, not being able to blame him and in his total control. He will go on and be governor because he never really thought of calling it off.. all just strategic manouvers to get his wife to commit to him entirely and to get his secretary morally entangled to. Had he said from the beginning ‘we will wait 3 days’ the secretary would have stepped away but now…. after the subtle manipulation its doubtful. She had only a few hours to go to the authorities before making herself complicit, she calls him ‘boss’ (or was it massa). After Bo is presumably made to die, there is no witness left to tell the story, and no way out for the secretary. Bo, the murdered woman at the ATM and the secretary are all african american and i doubt that this is a coincidence. Even when Stan Lohman suspects that Bo has met a bad end, he is more concerned about the voting poles, does not really search for the kid. In his eyes he just scored big time, loyal family allies 'till death do us part’. They will never be able to say…’you agreed to this’ because he did not, at least not in words, they will owe him for as long as they live and he gets away scot free, decorated with a medal, checkmate. His brothers mental illness will even help him get more approval and stabilize his position as governor who ‘fights and cares' for the mentally ill. The psychopathic narcissistic wet dream. See more Steve H @RT24682173 09/19/2024 What’s steaming pile of crap. Steve Coogan’s character may be the worst, most pitiful character in cinema history. See more Read all reviews

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