My Dinner With Andre

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Kevin P A fascinating dive into the philosophy of human consciousness and interconnectedness. This movie is just two people talking in a single room setting. And yet it’s one of the most hypnotic engaging movies I’ve seen in a long time. The script is so tightly written with such vividly described anecdotes that all build up to a genuinely meaningful discussion and debate about how active do we live our everyday lives, what it means to truly feel alive and happy in a world that feels like it’s making us more isolated and disinterested with the tide of modern consumerism, disparity, and weakening human connections. The movie is an entrancing spellbinding dialogue of verbal spectacle and philosophical debate that awoken all of my subconscious gripes with the world, my life, my mortality, and the passage of time. Speaking of which, this movie truly feels ahead of its time with its commentary on modern disconnection and materialism in the pursuit of comfort. How often people can feel like they’re going on autopilot living in fantasy and performing in a play rather than coming across as genuine and caring about the state of the world. And yet after all these distractions, you can feel closer to death than ever when you’re truly alone. And yet you can also feel this way when trying to truly feel alive and take risk into the unknown. And the difficult trajectory of its impact of your work of written fiction can have on your intended audience, no matter how much of reality your work tries to reflect and raise concern for. Raising the question of what the true function art serves and how should it change and evolve. The movie truly feels like the world’s first podcast. Or in other ways, a cinematic repackaging of a radio talk show segment. It’s a one-of-a-kind movie that makes you feel like you’re having a long deep conversational dinner with your friends and by the end of it makes you feel more in touch with yourself and even a bit teary eyed and emotionally moved by the end. How Andre is a man of comfort trying to explore the depths of the humanistic excitement to feel alive again. Or how Wally is a simpler man just struggling to get by who has been coerced to enjoy the simpler comforts of life and trust the steady objective findings of textbook science and habitual routine. Both perspectives are valid and somewhere between is the true answer to happiness and true self-actualization. I also appreciate how as the movie goes on, Wally becomes more interested with the discussion and actually engages with Andre rather than succumb to the many disconnected dreamers whom Andre was rambling about. This movie may not be for everyone (it’s one static location with deliberately slow pacing since it’s just one long conversation), but it certainly lives up to its legacy and I for one am very glad to have watched it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Elijah B My diner with Andre is not a movie for everyone, that is clear. The film is like a raspberry cheesecake, its rich, a slow consumption, and when your done you'll feel quite full (possibly over burdened at what you just watched) but it stays in the back of your head for decades to come. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Richard K A movie in which nothing happens, but nothing happens in such an intriguing way. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review Shiva G This is a masterpiece ! a film that is thought-provoking, and deeply moving. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Jerry Seinfeld would sum it up in three words: Yada...Yada...Yada..." Besides Andre's totally pointless stories, there's the weak premise. Why did Andre invite Wally to dinner alone after five years? Two old friends are reacquainting? Fine, bring the better halves along and make a proper social evening of it. You're directing a new play and looking for cast members? No, Andre just needs someone to flap his gums at. I skipped ahead ten or twenty minutes at a time through the dinner. I don't think I missed a damn thing. Who TF talked this up when it was released 43 years ago? Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/24 Full Review Jeremy A A must watch but boring af... Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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