The Dinner

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Peter S I’d rate this negative 5 stars. There is no story arc. There are no likeable characters. There is no flow of narrative. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review 1 1 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. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Steve H What’s steaming pile of crap. Steve Coogan’s character may be the worst, most pitiful character in cinema history. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Yw W I ran across this on Hulu. I was excited about the great cast. Steve Coogan’s character is so annoying and he’s supposed to be Richard Gere’s brother. He clearly has an accent. Anyways, I turned it off around 20-30 minutes in. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review Jeffrey P Messy plot ruins everything else; the acting, style, and premise were all good and it was carried as well as Abe Lincoln carried the battle of Gettysburg with his pre-battle luncheon speech but it just took too long to get on track... and then the ending burns it all to the ground. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/27/24 Full Review Danielle S Wish I would’ve read the reviews first. What a disappointing ending for such a long aimless movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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