When he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their guests, a rising executive questions it when hes invited, just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest. A hollwyood remake of a french film about a sadistic dinner party. Comedy from the director of meet the parents with a cast of comic gold including steve carell, paul rudd, jemaine clement, hangover beardy man zach galifianakis and office spaces ron livingston. Dinner for schmucks is one of those movies where the setup tells you exactly how the movies going to start, what twists and turns the plot is going to take along the way, and how the whole.
I come to this video, and see the exact same comments, only using the title dinner for schmucks and whateverthetitleis. Tim rudd, i love you, man gets invited to take part in a game his boss plays every year. The film is sporadically amusing but gives the impression it should be generating more laughs than it does. Dinner for schmucks movie trailer suggesting movie. Thats what they say at least, but in actuality the film spends almost two whole hours doing just that. It starts off fairly strong, but loses almost all steam in the painfultowatch scenes i havent seen french movie its based on, but dinner for schmucks was very disappointing. Handelman, greatly expands upon the plot of the original film. Dinner of fools is a 1998 french comedy film written and directed by francis veber. I understand that the original french film, the dinner game, completely takes place over a. I remember very much enjoying the original, but maybe distance now. Also the title is not what you think, the dinner is only about 10 minutes of the movie but it does not matter in my opinion. This is a remake of french comedy the dinner guest. This type of cruel dinner games is unfortunately not just a fiction, the original french movie is based on reality.
Dinner for schmucks 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. An american remake starring steve carell and paul rudd called dinner for schmucks was released on 30 july 2010. A deal he suggests is wellreceived, but first he must pass the ultimate test. The dinner game is a 1998 french comedy film written and directed by francis veber. In an effort to spice up the unsalted stew, dinner for schmucks gives a lot of room a desperate amount to two pungent comedians in minor roles. Dinner for schmucks could have easily been a dark comedy, and i wonder if the original was. Parkes, laurie macdonald and jay roach and directed by jay roach. Jay roachs dinner for schmucks stars steve carell, paul rudd, zach galifianakis, jemaine clement, lucy punch. Jul 28, 2010 dinner for schmucks was inspired by francis vebers french film the dinner game, which was an enormous hit in france but seemed a shade on the mean side.
Didnt think it was original, but still this movie might just be ok, given. If you want a very good laugh go check out the original by f. The movie was not so much a comedy but it left me entertained. Thats a lesson well learned by the filmmakers behind carells new movie, dinner for schmucks, an american reworking of the 1998 french. Dinner for schmucks is not a straight english remake of that film, like the fugitives, the bird cage and other respectfully translated veber classics. And for better or worse, the french throw logic, along with movie conventions, out the window. There are some good things and some bad things here. Its actually a remake of a french comedy and is about a dinner party where the guests are. Do not confuse the original french production with the stupid, forgettable, if not insulting hollywood version dinner for schmucks 2010.
In the original version pierre brochant thierry lhermitte is a successful editor that takes part in monthly dinners where each host has to invite a schmuck. Aug 04, 2010 dinner for schmucks is one of those movies where the setup tells you exactly how the movies going to start, what twists and turns the plot is going to take along the way, and how the whole. If you like dinner for schmucks you might like similar movies get him to the greek, i love you, man, hall pass, drillbit taylor, forgetting sarah marshall. While the original is a favorite with moviegoers, carell and rudd chose not to. All the right pieces are in the right places steve carell, paul rudd, zach galifianakis, director jay roach but theyre contributing to a.
For a movie called dinner for schmucks, its somewhat odd that the dinner doesnt happen until the last 30 pages of the screenplay, but like i mentioned before, this is a french film. For sale on jules et jim filmed in 1962 was francois truffauts third film after the 400 blows in 1959 and shoot the piano in and was based on henripierre. Veber, that was a mega success in the box office in france for years. Sep 05, 2009 for a movie called dinner for schmucks, its somewhat odd that the dinner doesnt happen until the last 30 pages of the screenplay, but like i mentioned before, this is a french film. Obviously the message of the film is that making fun of others is cruel, unfair, even monstrous. The original french film did not show the mythical dinner but roach and.
Thierry lhermitte, jacques villeret, francis huster, daniel. Mental disability as comedy in dinner for schmucks the village. Jul 30, 2010 a dinner game for idiots, schmucks, and hollywood remakes. The film retains many familiar elements of the original, with the basic plot, including the involvement of the taxation authorities and the love triangle around the main character tim. The only french film to rival titanic at the gallic box office, the.
May, 2019 if you want a very good laugh go check out the original by f. Theres something a little off with dinner for schmucks. Mental disability as comedy in dinner for schmucks. Heres an idea for a movie how about the story of a talented french writerdirector who meets with hollywood executives who want to remake his excellent comedies like the toy, the dinner game, the tall blond man with one black shoe, and many more, into overbudgeted and underfunny comedies by clumsy americans. Each week, pierre and his friends host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their guests. Bruce greenwood and david walliams to attend dinner for.
Jul 27, 2010 theres something a little off with dinner for schmucks. Tim literally runs into the biggest schmuck imaginable in barry steve carell, an impossibly awkward and entirely friendless taxidermy enthusiast who is obsessed with making storybook dioramas. I read the comment section, and it was all the same comment over and over. Jul 30, 2010 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dinner for schmucks near you. Dinner for schmucks simple english wikipedia, the free. This movie is by far one of my alltime favorite french comedies. Every dreamworks animation movie ranked from worst to best. Well, im going to throw in my two cents worth because i saw the french version le diner des cons a few years ago and therefore had a reference point in mind when i saw dinner for schmucks. It was the top grossing french film at the french box office for. The point is rudd and carell have a new movie coming out this summer called dinner for schmucks. Dinner for schmucks is a 2010 american comedy movie that is produced by walter f.
Even when he does completely stupid things you find yourself rooting for him. The original, a french film from 1998 entitled the dinner game, was a social satire focusing on the ridiculous measures the aristocracy will go to amuse themselves. The host of a dinner party invites his friends to bring the saddest loser they can find. Jan 04, 2011 heres an idea for a movie how about the story of a talented french writerdirector who meets with hollywood executives who want to remake his excellent comedies like the toy, the dinner game, the tall blond man with one black shoe, and many more, into overbudgeted and underfunny comedies by clumsy americans.
Dinner for schmucks is an often funny but morally impaired movie about a young upandcoming financial analyst who, to impress his boss and the partners at his firm and secure a big promotion, must invite the biggest loser he can find to a company dinner where the partners make fun of people. Today, publicists for paramount pictures alerted me to the trailer for this new summer movie, dinner for schmucks. Francis vebers original, a short, sharp comedy of manners, was. We loved the original french movie, and we knew obviously that our version was going to be very different, said david guion, who cowrote the screenplay with michael handelman. I watched it in french and i dont know if it has been translated, but if you know french. Jul 29, 2010 barry becomes tims guest where his mousterpiece is the centerpiece of the socalled dinner in dinner for schmucks. The legend of ron burgundy and the 40yearold virgin. Francis veber wrote and directed this film adaptation with animated opening. Dinner for schmucks starts with a premise full of comedic opportunities, but spends the next hour and a half ignoring these. It is a remake of the 1998 french black comedy movie, the dinner game. The trailer continued at least half of the truly funny.
Jul 28, 2010 in an effort to spice up the unsalted stew, dinner for schmucks gives a lot of room a desperate amount to two pungent comedians in minor roles. The genius of this version depends on the performance by steve carell, who plays barry speck as a man impervious to insult and utterly at peace with himself. Both movies are nothing more and nothing less than fun thrill rides. The movie is called dinner for schmucks, so naturally the climax happens at a dinner. The trailer continued at least half of the truly funny moments in the movie, of which there were precious few. A traditional french comedy great word play and double meanings. The film is a remake of a french film the dinner game, but the tone and style of the american version is different. But the ultimate schmuck turns everyone else into the losers. It was the top grossing french film at the french box office for 1998 and second place overall behind titanic. But, in fact, the movie never makes it to the dinner party in its 80 minutes. It stars steve carell and paul rudd, who had previously teamed up in anchorman.
Steve carell plays barry, a schmo yes, you need joys of yiddish to read this story who makes dioramas. Schmucks may be fitting after all because the original french play and movie. Steve carell, whose gift for playing dumb yet remaining sympathetic is unparalleled, and the astoundingly likable paul rudd make an excellent comedy team in dinner for schmucks. Find where to watch dinner for schmucks in australia. Based on filmmaker francis vebers french comedy le diner des cons the dinner game, dinner for schmucks stars paul rudd as tim, a financial analyst who wants to move up literally and figuratively to the big leagues at his firm. When pierre decided to play a game to see who could bring the biggest idiot to a dinner party he never imagined hed be the one playing the fool. I understand that the original french film, the dinner game. Hollywood brings us more garbage for summer movie season. You know youre in trouble when the best thing in your movie is a bunch of dead rodents. A dinner game for idiots, schmucks, and hollywood remakes. Mental disability as comedy in dinner for schmucks the.
The original movie wasnt exactly classy or particularly intelligent, but at least it was somewhat believable and damn funny. This version is kept light by the mere likability of barry. With steve carell, paul rudd, stephanie szostak, zach galifianakis. Jul 29, 2010 i cant say that im terribly disappointed by dinner for schmucks, but i have to say this could have been a much better film by trimming some of the first hour, adding a little more depth to the romantic plot or, better yet, totally scrapping it and focusing more on the dinner. Despite being other buddy comedy where one is dumb and the another is a victim and doesnt looks better that the original picture, dinner for schmucks its an agonizing and funny dark comedy, with. Jul 30, 2010 ultimately, a guiltridden tim begins to realize who the real schmucks are around the dining room table. I can honestly say dinner for schmucks is the worst. The original movie is really funny and you cant compare it to this remake but i have to admit that i laughed a lot too. English audio description, english original, english audio description, english original subtitles.
Original very rare french movie poster juels et jim by francois truffaut with jeanne moreau. If youve seen the trailer, the french original, or even just the title, watching the comedy dinner for schmucks feels like a ripoff. Dinner for schmucks is a 2010 american comedy film directed by jay roach. Dinner for schmucks 2010 tim paul rudd a rising executive, works for a boss who hosts a monthly event in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career boost. Dinner for schmucks is leagues ahead of its forebear in terms of mass appeal, but its laughs are more silly than scathing. I just came from the trailer of quarantine and record. Jul 27, 2010 mental disability as comedy in dinner for schmucks. Dinner for schmucks is less funny than meet the fockers.
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