The Dinner

– Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a hor..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
2017
The Dinner (2017)

Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:

The Dinner (2017) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 May 2017

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Oren Moverman

Writer:

Herman Koch (based on the novel by), Oren Moverman (screenplay by)

Main Actors:

Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte, Steve Coogan, Charlie Plummer

Plot:

A former history teacher and his wife Claire meet at a fancy restaurant with his elder brother, a prominent politician and his wife Babette. The plan is to discuss over dinner how to handle a crime committed by their teenage sons. The violent act of the two boys had been filmed by a security camera and shown on TV, but, so far, they have not been identified. The parents have to decide on what to do.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Chubbco Film Co.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
Metacritic:
57%