Adapted from a long-running stage play, The Dinner Game has been refined to peak comic efficiency, with every misunderstanding and hare-brained scheme neatly cascading into bigger and bigger catastrophes.
A perfectly entertaining little French comedy that doesn't quite lodge in your brain in the way you hope it would.
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ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
There are times when the comedy works, but the number of genuinely amusing sequences are outnumbered by those that, in trying to generate laughter, simply seem silly.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This stage-bound farce could easily be an American sitcom: It's all slamming doors, eavesdropping and stupid miscommunications, garnished with a heavy-handed helping of comedy of humiliation.