Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

FilmCriticLalitRao It would be interesting to view director Francis Veber's comedy film 'Le Dîner de Cons' in the context of a monumental work about laughter written by the great French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1951). According to Bergson's theory of laughter, comedy is necessarily human : we laugh at people or the things they do. He goes on to add that laughter is purely cerebral : being able to laugh seems to require a detached attitude, an emotional distance to the object of laughter. Bergson also added that the laughter has a social function. These three points have been perfectly assimilated in 'The dinner game' but with some differences. Firstly, rich people like Pierre Brochant do not simply laugh at ugly people like François Pignon as what they do is more than a simple act of laughter. They mock people whom they consider to be inferior to them in intelligence. This is a very flawed idea as nobody has been given the authority to judge other people's intelligence. Secondly, most acts of laughter shown in 'Le dîner de cons' were not cerebral. This is because a person like Pierre Brochant maintained a lot of emotional contact with people whom he mocked. Thirdly, that laughter has a social function was not properly respected in the film as snobs like Pierre Brochant used innocent simpletons like François Pignon as guinea pigs for their own personal pleasure. They always made it a point to invite idiots for mockery but never cared to invite them for laughter. No prizes for guessing what the difference between mockery and laughter is. As a comedy film, the success of 'Le Dîner de Cons' is quite phenomenal as a lot of its humor is specifically country specific. From this yardstick, it is nice to learn that a French film has been able to make viewers of the entire world laugh heartily. This has to be recognized as this film's redeeming quality as without it, 'The dinner game' would have ended in a fiasco by hurting people more than making them laugh.

Tejas Nair I watched this after watching two of its remakes & God, was I bored? No. Not a bit. There's always gladness watching the original & after this, I wonder I could watch the play.Talking about two amazing characters who don't know each other, the plot revolves around how one of them invites the other to one of his parties where he'd deliberately make fun of him along with his friends. Classic story riddled with jokes, humorous dialogs & performance. I am stunned by one accident sequence as it was so original, I have never seen so authenticity in any accident sequence. Bravo to the makers!There are many scenes which you will be wanting to see again & again for the degree of slapstick involved is astronomical. Amazing! This is one reason, I love French cinema.BOTTOM LINE: Highly recommended & it'd be better if you watch it first before relishing the remakes. 9.2 out of 10!Profanity/Sex/Mouth-Kiss: No | Vulgarity: Mild | Smoking: No | Alcohol/Drugs: Mild | Porn/Violence/Gore: No

András I saw this film last night and I was laughing so hard I could not breathe and could not see from my tears. I chose to watch this French original over the US remake Dinner for Schmucks. The humor comes from situations the misunderstandings. The story is refreshingly simple, the script is perfect, and the acting is superb. This film also shows how one can create excellent entertainment with low budget (a fantastic value). The film is in French and I watched the DVD with its excellent English subtitles. The story could happen almost anywhere in the World, which makes this movie universal, not just uniquely French. I highly recommend it to anyone 14-and-up seeking a true comedy.

gethistr8 I found this movie engaging and amusing. I must say, though, I am surprised at the degree of extreme enthusiasm being voiced by many of the people who have placed comments.The keyword for me was that this movie, more than anything, AMUSED me. Yes, there were some laugh out loud scenes, but not in any great abundance, and certainly not enough to earn this movie the status of a "great" comedy.There were a few major scenes, each of which delivered, on average 1 to 2 (2 is generous) good laughs. Certainly you could do worse than that when watching a comedy, but I would be curious to see where other people were so overwhelmed with laughter while watching this when i found myself often content but bordering underwhelmed.Oh I have to say though - the ending was perfect