7.8 Score

1998 • 1h 20min • PG-13 • Comedy

The Dinner Game

"A feast for the senseless."

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...

IMDb 7.6

RT 74%

MC 73

Director

Francis Veber

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Francis Veber

Composer

Vladimir Cosma

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Jacques Villeret

François Pignon

Thierry Lhermitte

Pierre Brochant

Francis Huster

Juste Leblanc

Daniel Prévost

Lucien Cheval

Alexandra Vandernoot

Christine Brochant

Catherine Frot

Marlène Sasseur

Edgar Givry

Jean Cordier

Christian Pereira

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Jacques Villeret François Pignon

Thierry Lhermitte Pierre Brochant

Francis Huster Juste Leblanc

Daniel Prévost Lucien Cheval

Alexandra Vandernoot Christine Brochant

Catherine Frot Marlène Sasseur

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