Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Storyline
Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
Directors
Cast
Zach Galifianakis, P. J. Byrne, Lucy Punch, Rick Overton, Paul Rudd, Eric Winzenried, Steve Carell, Kristen Schaal, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement, David Walliams, Larry Wilmore, Andrea Savage, Nick Kroll, Randall Park, Lucy Davenport, Chris O'Dowd, Jeff Dunham, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Fischler, Nicole LaLiberte, Maria Zyrianova, Alex Borstein, Blanca Soto
Trailer
Reviews
80
Variety
An uproarious odd-couple remake of Francis Veber's hit French farce "The Dinner Game."
75
Orlando Sentinel
The situations are painstakingly set up and downright painful to sit through. So enjoy, or endure the appetizers, because with this Dinner, dessert is truly the topper.
75
The guests at the dinner are a strange lot. To describe them would be to give away their jokes, and one of the pleasures of the movie is having each one appear.
70
Though Carell and Rudd are both saddled with characters that just aren't as interesting as many they've played in the past, the movie benefits from having drawn many gifted comedians to supporting roles.
67
Tampa Bay Times
Steve Carell's character in Dinner for Schmucks is almost too pitiful for the jokes launched against him to be funny. It is a terrific performance making everyone else's condescension sound harsher than the writers likely intended.
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