THE DINNER (2017) - REVIEW

The Dinner (2017)

R | 2h |Drama, Mystery, Thriller|5 May 2017 (USA) 

 

Two sets of wealthy parents meet for dinner to decide what to do about a crime their sons have committed.

Director:

Oren Moverman

Writers:

Oren Moverman (screenplay), Herman Koch (novel)

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 May 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ChubbCo Film, Blackbird, Code Red

 

The film Stars: Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, Chloë Sevigny, and Charlie Plummer.  

 

Review

The Dinner has a running time of 120 minutes, the movie is R rated started this May 5 in the cinemas and tells the story about Paul Lohman, who is a former history teacher. He has a dark view on life and very depressed way on looking things which came up in his life. He has a lot of statements to tell us which are partly and so sadly true as we will learn in the beginning of the movie already. Now Paul has to take part at a dinner together with his wife, the dinner will be hosted by Stan, Paul's brother. He is Senator and has not a lot of time but this dinner will be different. Stan and Paul have something to speak about, something from the past. I cannot tell you more here since I do not want to spoil. But The Dinner has a theme which will make us think.

The CAST starts with Steve Coogan as Paul Lohman. The man who was history teacher, why he is it not anymore I cannot tell you because this will influence the topic of the movie, but he has a dark view on his own life and the past. He talks a lot about wars and things happened after those wars and transports it into the present.

Then we have Laura Linney as his wife Claira Lohman. She tries to keep his husband in the now and than, she tries to be the stable part of the couple and she is great in her performance.

Richard Gere plays Stan Lohman. The brother who is disappointed, who is  fully loaded of work. He still has to fight for his Senator position and even during the dinner he is talking to 2 secreatries to give statesments for his election. He is the main part of why the event takes place but one things is for sure this event was not a nice one.

Rebecca Hall plays Katelan Lohman. The wife of Stan, she has her own part in the movie and she wants to have kids e.g. which is not possible when her husband wants to be Senator. She creates some twist because of her handling. 

The CAMERA is okay. It is like a drama pic, calm, face on pics and cuts are used often. 

The SETTING is the restaurant and the past.

The MUSIC is classical and dramatic.

The EFFECTS are not relevant here, but if good.

What I liked about the movie is the cast, the story, the setting and the dialogues between the characters. The story makes the audience think, it will you cannot run away from it because it the story about.

What I did not like was that it is too long, the centered topic comes out too late and the music is sometimes missplaced. 

6.5/10 points for the genre

6/10 overall.

Thanks for reading and have fun watching movies.