The dinner game summary

The wealthy editor Pierre Brochant and his friends have a competition: every Wednesday, each of them invites the dumbest jackass he can find for dinner, where each guest is invited to talk about himself as much as possible. Later, after the guests say goodbye, the group of friends makes fun of and elects the more stupid and imbecile guest.

Every wednesday night a few guys have a meal together. There is a game coupled with the meal: each one of them has to bring an "idiot". The game consists in making the idiots talk about there ideas and passions so that the hosts can have a good laugh. At the end they will choose the "idiot of the evening".

One of the hosts has invited his idiot home so they could go to the dinner together, but unfortunately he gets a severe pain in his back due to an accident that day and can't go to the "meal of idiots". Even worse is the fact that the idiot tries to help him all the time, and naturally does everything wrong and aggravates every situation.

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Storyline Edit. To amuse themselves at a weekly dinner, a few well-heeled folk each bring a dimwit along who is to talk about his pastime. Each member seeks to introduce a champion dumbbell.

Pierre, an avid participant of the game, runs into one problem after another that devilishly compromises his secrets, turning the tables on him and his objective, which diverges as the movie progresses. Firstly, wishing to be certain he has selected a winner, he invited his guest, Mr.

Pignon, to meet him at home before setting off; but night of all nights, Pierre has put his back out and it is questionable whether he can manage to get to the dinner. He watches as Michel and Rick mock and abuse a homeless man.

There are also two messages from Beau, who annoys Paul. The mother and son seem to share a secret that Paul knows nothing about. Michel arrives. After throwing garbage at her and mocking her, they set fire to the woman. After seeing the television broadcast, he had confronted Michel, and Michel admitted everything. Paul felt a desire to protect his son.

In the ensuring days, he obsessed over the video. He found a clip on YouTube which revealed even more about the murder, with the promise of a sequel to follow. Though Paul advises his son to delete the videos on his phone, he realizes that Beau is blackmailing Michel.

Claire joins them outside. She hugs Michel and he leaves; Claire admits to Paul that she knew about the murder. Paul remembers how he might have a hereditary mental health issue which could affect his social interactions and wonders if this might pass on to his son; Claire never told him whether she took the test.

Back in the restaurant, the floor manager serves dessert. Babette demands a different dessert, causing an angry argument between her and Serge. The owner eventually approaches and Paul swears at him. At last, they move on to the important matter. Serge announces his plan to hold a press conference, where he will stand down in the election and reveal to the world that Michel and Rick murdered the homeless woman.

Babette is furious. This man, if anyone, can ferret out the love nest address and bring it to Pierre. And this man, of course, will sniff out the tax evasions galore in Pierre's antiques- and artwork-laden home. The Dinner Game feels more like a play, with the rapid dialogue and pacing suited to the stage.

There's no camerawork to speak of, no trips out, just several large rooms and two men, one of whom is slowly growing crazy.

French star Thierry Lhermitte plays Pierre as a vain man whose sense of superiority is shaken only once -- when Pignon talks to Christine on the telephone, trying to convince her of her husband's love. But it's the rather homely, bumbling Villeret, as the "idiot," who's the infuriating heart and soul of the film.

As he pushes Pierre, again and again, into a corner of indignant rage, it's a joy to watch and you can thank God he's not at your own house.