My Dinner With Andre

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My Dinner With Andre

PG

Released Oct 11, 1981

1h 50m

Comedy

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Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Slant Magazine

But what an egg it is.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 16, 2009

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

A completely merited cult favourite of the avant-garde genre. This is surprisingly compelling in places.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 4, 2009

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Rated: 4/4

Jan 1, 2000

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

It should be required viewing for would-be actors and behind-the-camera craftspeople.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 7, 2024

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Like some of our best late-night chats with good friends, the dialogue seems to encompass everything while resolving nothing.

Rated: A

Aug 30, 2022

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Rick Chatenever

Santa Cruz Sentinel

My Dinner With Andre elevates the simple activity of conversation to a fine -- and lively -- art. It is a film rich in ideas and brimming with very honest humanity.

Nov 20, 2019

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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 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Jeremy A

A must watch but boring af...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Audience Member

Near perfection. A winding, intellectual feast. An actual cinema masterpiece and a piece of performance art unlike any other before it. An act of avant- grade filmmaking that, if you didn’t already think Malle was a genius, would cement it. The fact that there are so many one half and one star reviews by the audience in hear only speaks to the fact that 3 million Americans every week WILLINGLY watch pro “rasslin’ “.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Cleveland E

A totally pretentious, ridiculous, absurd and hopelessly boring movie. I would rather hear nails on a chalkboard then to ever hear Wallace Shawn's voice ever again. Only movie I ever walked out on. A tot waste of time. And in case I wasn't clear: There is not a single redeeming quality in this gibberish they think is a movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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john l

pensive and gripping

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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David W

A relatable, failed playwright everyman reluctantly attends dinner with an old friend, Andre. Andre turns out to have lived a very interesting life and, despite his claims otherwise, loves to talk about it. The viewer may get tired of Andre's monologues after about an hour or so, but fortunately at that point so does our protagonist. Watch through the end for a message and takeaway that is considerably different than what is expected. I would watch this again if there were nothing better to choose from.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Synopsis

Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

Director: Louis Malle
Producer: George W. George, Beverly Karp
Screenwriter: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
Distributor: Momentum Pictures, Fox Lorber, Cinegate Ltd., New Yorker Films
Production Co: Saga, NEF - Nouvelles Éditions de Films, The Andre Company
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.1K
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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