The Dinner Game
Film199880 min

The Dinner Game

Taste attributes: comedyfastwholesomelightlinearglossy

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"A feast for the senseless."

Boxlist takeA fast-moving, wholesome comedy: stylish and light. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

Synopsis: TMDB

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Thierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterDaniel PrévostAlexandra Vandernoot

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1998
Runtime
80 min
Status
Released
Studio
EFVE
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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