![]() Paul resents what he sees as Stan’s vulgar superficiality, making fun of the absurdist postmodern dishes that are being trotted out through the evening (the film is broken up into courses, from aperitif to digestif). Paul is an unstable and cynical ex-history teacher whose wife Claire (Linney) is a survivor of lung cancer. Stan is a powerful and wealthy congressman with big political aspirations and a trophy second wife Katelyn (Hall). Paul (Coogan) and Stan (Gere) are brothers who have gathered at a posh restaurant for the titular meal with their wives. Primarily set over the course of a meal at an insufferably chic restaurant, The Dinner simmers with a portentous and disconcerting tone. ![]() Adapted from Dutch writer Herman Koch’s 2009 bestselling novel, this will mark the third time his book has jumped onto the big screen, this time sans subtitles, as Oren Moverman ( Rampart, The Messenger) directs the American version of this immorality tale. ![]()
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