It’s a choice between being nice and being unemployed and in debt. On the other hand, he needs to pay for his Porsche and his absurdly large apartment at West Hollywood’s Sunset Tower Hotel (in real life, you’d need a billionaire’s wealth to afford that). The winner of the nasty game is the one whose guest is the most amusingly stupid.īarry is initially appalled by the idea and assures Julie (Stephanie Szostak), his horrified art curator girlfriend, he’ll have nothing to do with it. All the guests are to bring an extraordinary person who has been unrecognized by society - in other words, a dithering idiot. executive who finds that entering his company’s upper echelon will mean participating in a competitive Dinner for Winners. Opening this Friday, “ Dinner for Schmucks” borrows its premise and some of its plot from Frances Veber’s 1998 “The Dinner Game.” Paul Rudd co-stars as Barry, a rising L.A. ![]() However, when you’re talking about a movie that ends with a confrontation between a good idiot ( Steve Carell) who designs amazing dioramas using dead mice and an evil idiot (Zach Galifianakis) with the power of mind control, but only over other idiots, that may be taking things a little seriously. ![]() For those of us who enjoy contemplating the historical and political currents that run through film history, it’s tempting to look at the latest comedy from director Jay Roach (“Austin Powers,” “Meet the Parents,” “Recount”) as a possible reflection of American discomfort at the brutal nature of business and the growing disparities between the wealthy and the increasingly lumpen middle-class.
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