Family Dinner

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Family Dinner

2022

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Tired of feeling down about her weight, plus-sized 15-year-old Simi (Nina Katlein) heads to her aunt Claudia's house for Easter weekend. Claudia (Pia Hierzegger) is a popular nutritionist who's written best-selling health books, so for Simi, spending a few days together could help change her diet and inspire weight loss. What should've been a nice holiday weekend with family, however, quickly reveals itself to be anything but. Simi's cousin, Filipp (Alexander Sladek), is curiously hostile towards her, while Filipp's stepdad, Stefan (Michael Pink), is curiously the opposite towards Simi, all while Claudia's dietary guidance verges on becoming overly militant. What's causing everyone to act so strangely and aggressively? The answers are even worse than Simi's worst nightmares.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Family Dinner unfurls its methodical slow-burn tale in the days leading up to Easter Sunday, centering volatile relationships and strict, peculiar holiday traditions to create deep-seated psychological dread.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2022

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

Questions about the family’s individual motivations rise at an exponential rate ... every possible truth leaves such a bitter taste in one’s mouth that it’s even harder to tell who to trust.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 6, 2024

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Nuha Hassan

Flip Screen

A unique story with an interesting ending that highlights the enormous strength one character can hold.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Paul Lê

Tales from the Paulside

Family Dinner runs the risk of being underwhelming, largely because of its self-control and foreseeable finale, but a closer look reveals ingredients not visible on the surface.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 23, 2023

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Caitlyn Downs

ScaredSheepless.com

An exercise in tension that goes far beyond the realm of awkward dinner conversation.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 21, 2022

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Samuel Leggett Jr.

JVS Media & Productions/Team JVS

Easter weekend gets the horror treatment and the way this this film ends it is sure to rock you. Very well done suspense horror, that has moments or terror and sadist plot points. With good performances and building tone makes this memorable

Rated: 7/10

Aug 11, 2022

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Ian H

Slow burner which keeps you guessing for a while as tension builds. Female lead is very good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Hugo S

An overweight teen girl decides to spend the Easter weekend with her aunt, a nutritionist with radical views on dietary habits. The family experiences awkward dynamics at the dinner table as the woman reveals an erratic behaviour towards her son and niece. This sinister family conceals a secret with horrifying consequences. "Family Dinner" is a slow-burn horror movie that truly culminates with an explosive and satisfactory ending. The movie does an outstanding job in creating a tense and eerie environment, with the food being presented in almost every scene as the epicentre of the narrative. The basic needs in a food chain are as impressive as the survival instincts of those involved in it. For some to eat... others have to be eaten!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Thom G

Family Dinner is a good thriller with tension sustained throughout. It effectively keeps viewers in suspense regarding the intentions and thoughts of each character, rendering it psychologically sophisticated.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Claudia

Nina Katlein

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Tired of feeling down about her weight, plus-sized 15-year-old Simi (Nina Katlein) heads to her aunt Claudia's house for Easter weekend. Claudia (Pia Hierzegger) is a popular nutritionist who's written best-selling health books, so for Simi, spending a few days together could help change her diet and inspire weight loss. What should've been a nice holiday weekend with family, however, quickly reveals itself to be anything but. Simi's cousin, Filipp (Alexander Sladek), is curiously hostile towards her, while Filipp's stepdad, Stefan (Michael Pink), is curiously the opposite towards Simi, all while Claudia's dietary guidance verges on becoming overly militant. What's causing everyone to act so strangely and aggressively? The answers are even worse than Simi's worst nightmares.

Director: Peter Hengl
Producer: Lola Basara
Screenwriter: Peter Hengl
Production Co: Film AG Produktion, Capra Film
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 37m

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