Veber’s film was a scathing satire of the brutal French class system: venal intellectuals, seeking sport on innocent fools, hold a weekly dinner contest to see who can bring the biggest moron as a guest. In adapting Francis Veber’s 1998 French farce Le Dîner des cons (The Dinner Game), Roach and his writers David Guion and Michael Handelman have completely defanged it. Like a kindergarten teacher organizing a kids’ footrace, he wants everyone to win and feel good about himself. Having won the battle of the suits and censors to use a risky label like Dinner for Schmucks, Roach declines to push his luck any further. It’s reserved for guys who really are, well, schmucks.Īnd that’s the dilemma of this very soft comedy by Jay Roach ( Austin Powers, Meet the Parents). #Mousterpiece dinner for schmucks movieNot that long ago, it would have been banned as a movie title. There are jerks, clowns and idiots, plus one conflicted doofus (Paul Rudd) and one sweet-natured fool (Steve Carell).īut schmucks? Not if you go by the intended meaning of the term, which is highly derogatory Yiddish slang for “penis.” It’s not used in polite company. There might actually be a schmuck or two in Dinner for Schmucks, but it’s debatable. Starring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Bruce Greenwood, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie Szostak and Zach Galifianakis.
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