The Dinner

2014

1h 32m

Drama

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43%

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100+ Ratings

Tensions between the families of two brothers rise when a video of their children beating a homeless woman to death shows up.

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Not as good as "The Hollywood Version" (filmed with Richard Gere and Steve Coogan), but it still makes for an engrossing immersion in families under stress, siblings still "rivals" when the stakes - years later - are at their highest.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 21, 2020

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

Painful, but certainly real. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 5, 2017

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Craig Takeuchi

Georgia Straight

A solid cast and a screenplay that improves upon the original material make this thought-provoking drama required festival viewing.

Sep 25, 2015

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Audience Member

It is a very complicated story of two families related by blood. The acting is superb. The story keeps you on your toes. The two children are good actors. The girl is excellent. It shows a very different side of Italian life. Not very dolce.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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I think presentation-wise, and the story itself, is pretty depressing and sick and thought-provoking; unfortunately it's just not the type of genre I like, hence the rating. I actually rated it slightly higher than I would have.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Interesting commentary on how family impacts decision-making.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Perhaps I would have liked this movie more if I hadn't liked the book so much. IIn the book, two brothers and their wives go to dinner to discuss an undisclosed problem with their kids. Little by little their relationship and the full extent of their dilemma is revealed. In the movie, there are subplots, the "problem" is fully explicated and is actually less severe than in the book, and the characters are pretty cartoonish. Big disappointment.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Really interesting movie, the plot becomes much more complex as the movie goes on. Its all about what people are thinking behind what you see. Its very deep and thought provoking. Highly suggest it, but you gotta be in the right mood for this type of movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Italian family drama of brothers whise kids get involved on crime. Totall unexpected turns tiwards the end, including the end itself.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Ivano De Matteo

Director

Alessandro Gassmann

Massimo

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Clara

Luigi Lo Cascio

Paolo

Barbora Bobulova

Sofia

Rosabell Laurenti Sellers

Benedetta

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Synopsis

Tensions between the families of two brothers rise when a video of their children beating a homeless woman to death shows up.

Director: Ivano De Matteo
Producer: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania
Screenwriter: Valentina Ferlan, Ivano De Matteo
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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