Le dîner de cons 1998

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The Dinner Game, which Mr. Veber wrote and directed, is one of his better-constructed comedies of errors. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: Some realist nuances in the characters' behavior become more intriguing than the belabored humor. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: On its own terms, it's an idiot's delight. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Read more

Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail: It's a long time since a French movie has been as funny as The Dinner Game. Read more

Andrea C. Basora, Newsweek: Despite the stagey set-up (it was originally conceived as a play and it shows), the film manages to maintain its humor and energy until the final scene in which Veber suddenly casts aside his delightful meanspiritedness and gets soft-hearted and preachy. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: A sip of sparkling champagne in a moviegoing summer of mostly cheap red wine for teenage winos. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It must be that I just don't get French humor, or at least not of the sort that attracts French movie-goers to theaters like bugs to bright lights. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The funniest film this season. Read more

Time Out: The leads fill out their archetypes comfortably, the timing's well pitched, and the narrative moves busily enough. Cinematically, though, there's little of interest. Read more

Lisa Nesselson, Variety: Weaves a simple premise into comedy gold. Read more