This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I watched this after watching two of its remakes & God, was I bored? No. Not a bit. There's always gladness watching the original & after this, I wonder I could watch the play.Talking about two amazing characters who don't know each other, the plot revolves around how one of them invites the other to one of his parties where he'd deliberately make fun of him along with his friends. Classic story riddled with jokes, humorous dialogs & performance. I am stunned by one accident sequence as it was so original, I have never seen so authenticity in any accident sequence. Bravo to the makers!There are many scenes which you will be wanting to see again & again for the degree of slapstick involved is astronomical. Amazing! This is one reason, I love French cinema.BOTTOM LINE: Highly recommended & it'd be better if you watch it first before relishing the remakes. 9.2 out of 10!Profanity/Sex/Mouth-Kiss: No | Vulgarity: Mild | Smoking: No | Alcohol/Drugs: Mild | Porn/Violence/Gore: No

I saw this film last night and I was laughing so hard I could not breathe and could not see from my tears. I chose to watch this French original over the US remake Dinner for Schmucks. The humor comes from situations the misunderstandings. The story is refreshingly simple, the script is perfect, and the acting is superb. This film also shows how one can create excellent entertainment with low budget (a fantastic value). The film is in French and I watched the DVD with its excellent English subtitles. The story could happen almost anywhere in the World, which makes this movie universal, not just uniquely French. I highly recommend it to anyone 14-and-up seeking a true comedy.

"The Dinner Game" has a cruel premise. Like "The Last Supper", it involves deceiving invited dinner guests for one's own pleasure. While "The Last Supper" preyed on conservative right wingers, "The Dinner Game" is even crueler, exploiting innocent odd eccentrics. Perhaps the best way to judge someone's character, is by observing how they treat people who can do them absolutely no good. "The Dinner Game" has protagonists who are absolutely the worst. They abuse people, not for personal gain, but simply for amusement. It is quite gratifying to see the tables turned, where the meek, dinner guest, "idiot", unwittingly outsmarts his host, and in the process teaches him a valuable lesson. - MERK

An excellent example of a boulevard farce. It is superbly constructed. It is hilarious most of the time. It is, typically, heartless and sentimental by turns. The performers are experts in the genre. One of them, the late Jacques Villeret, somehow reaches beyond the two-dimensional being provided for him by the script and is, when circumstances allow, genuinely touching. The movie's stage origins are all too obvious, unfortunately - the pre-credit sequence is the most extended section of opening out that the director manages: perhaps he was too fond of his own stage play, in which apparently M. Villeret originated his character of Francois Pignon. The other central character, Brochant, played with great élan by Thierry Lhermitte, might almost be taken as a symbol of farce itself - cruel, but charming.