I cannot say the same about the ending though. I agree that Claire and Paul were both insane, especially towards the end when Claire is looking at them both and talking about how much she loves her 2 boys. i say the truth sets you free and those boys would have been much better for doing the time……, Very surprised that Beau was black with all others being white. Didn’t Claire tell Michael on the phone “it’s ok, I miss you”. It was very difficult to watch. Over the course of the dinner, tensions run amok among the group inter-cut with flashbacks that view the dysfunctional family's past, and Stan's attempts to help Paul in his depression. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I don't mean to say that I was cheering on any of the characters. I loved it. The son seems just fed up. They’re constantly avoiding not just the truth but basic human interaction. I absolutely hated the ending. I am very interested in hearing what you think, especially fi you enjoyed Gone Girl. Chernus’ scenes are also the only comic relief in the movie and are genuinely funny, cumulating in a scene where Kate repeatedly refuses to eat her dessert while Chernus repeatedly begs her to try it. This is also the most drawn out act of violence, taking place in little bits and pieces over the whole two hours. So much infact, I thought the movie somehow was interrupted and I missed a scene. It ends with “Thank God, we were so worried”. I think the movie is about mental health - a topic that has replaced poverty as today's fashionable cause - but I couldn't… explained. I thought the son was mess up but I see why the son goes to the mother or step mother for things etc. In 2012, Sam Garrett translated it into English. In fact you can hear the phone ringing in the background. Ugh. We’ll be laughing ourselves to sleep. Im thinking like Stan! Now I am confused about is the younger brother wife his second or first. However, I think more important than the actual plot twist, is what this actually says about the characters of the novel: Paul is mentally ill, and clearly has some anger management issues. This suddenness and violence makes those few acts make them more “Action/thriller” than any James Bond movie I’ve seen. I just couldn’t continue watching after about half through…had to get on the internet to see if it was ‘just me’, and to see just what the heck happened. Wenlei Ma wenleima. There are a small-ish number of speaking parts. I can't remember any more examples just now, it was a while ago I read it, but I seem to remember Beau was often subtly excluded. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I loved Gone Girl, up until the last 5 pages or so. I assumed that together, you and I, we would find the next Shane Carruth. This is what they do. “Oh Beau, thank God, I was so worried”… http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/12/04/gillian-flynn-gone-girl-ending/, Claire knew about it all along, and had even been making arrangements to cover it up, while Paul thought he was the only one who knew, mental illness, and the fact that he stopped taking his medication - which Claire knew and approved of. Ah, I thought that was his voicemail. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I think movies should be required to inform viewers before we invest our time that there actually is NO ENDING, and good luck with that! The author herself discusses it here (spoiler alert! Moreover Claire has no such mental health problems, and yet she is prepared to cover up murder in order to protect her child. LOL! While both novels have dark content, Gone Girl had a mystery element that left me wanting more. This ending is a little rushed, a little surprising, and an attempt at cynicism that perhaps in a meta-ironic way, is too cynical to succeed at being cynical. Your analysis is very good and listed out like that it would appear there were quite a few twists. There are horror films, psychological thrillers, comedy movies and drama flicks. I totally agree with Richard Gere here. Could he have really dropped a hot dish of burnt macaroni onto his brother's prone head without it scarring both the head and the relationship? What a long ,long long boring dinner and movie. As the book goes on, you start to realize that they're all insane. Was intrigued by the trailer but refuse to watch a slow train come to an ending to no where! Tom Hanks’s ‘Cast Away’ follows the story of a man who is stranded on an island. To me, it's one of those books where I know something is going to happen, and while I know the telling of the story (the journey, if you will) is a significant part of reading a book, I am going crazy waiting for the other shoe to drop. So, this is “The Dinner” that that the title alludes to, and forms the main thread and timeline of the movie. But, I really enjoyed The Dinner and liked that ending. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. And then there is ‘Get Out’. Despite its unsettling content, The Dinner Party is a well-acted horror movie that's tons of … I just watch “Dinner” last night, yes, I fell asleep as someone above mention. I enjoyed the acting by everyone. Huh, going back and looking at it, that is a very deliberate shot of her putting on the sweater, to the point that she's still tugging at it in the next scene. I wasn’t sure what happened to Beau……some reviews said that they heard Beau answer his phone. Jordan Peele’s genre-bending film that left the audiences with a surprised state of mind was one of the most buzzed-about films of last year. Other movies have done well with such a limited and constrained setting, but “The Dinner” lacks in such confidence and there is a lot of fancy flashback and flash sideways threads that sort of disorients us, and generates so many loose ends to the story that after a while it gets kind of mind-numbing. I wouldn’t know. He’s also Paul’s son, as Paul keeps reminding Claire. The Others Ending Explained: What Really Happened, And Why It Matters ... as they sit down for dinner. I was looking for action pact / thriller movie. What a moron. Just watched the movie, had to search internet for explanation of ending … not a good sign. The dialogue and great acting communicated that strongly. Hanks’ performance wins hearts and the dread of ending up alone on an island makes us wonder about all the things we would do to survive if we were to switch places with the protagonist. I guess I'm having trouble placing my finger on exactly what I disliked, thank you for your comment. I don't think the politician brother was supposed to be the "normal" one. Mental health …you hear those words from a mentally distraught person but in the end we’re all mentally struggling with our family dynamics so it’s quite symbolic for sane people to feel just as disturbed with masks on so it’s covered up just like the way the murder had to be covered up. Stan says, “Family will do anything to protect each other.”. It tells the story of a dinner at a restaurant, where the guests discuss a serious matter involving their children. I prefer it, but in this case there were too many irrelevant detours that detracted. The ending could have lost the suspenseful ending and offered more of a blunt conclusion but then again that was the whole point. And would have ended it on a more hopeful note. Thank you. Didn't you get the impression, by the time the novel was over, that both Claire and Paul were actually crazy? I think that the fact that his polls were up, it leads us to believe they will not go to the police. Didn’t even finish watching it. I’d put this up there with Sophie’s Choice in that regard. Really?? A couple of months ago, I thought myself the epitome of clever when I setup the movie recommendation feature here on THiNC. And pay over the odds for pink champagne and sundried tomatoes from Romania while they're about it. Mental Health…. In reality Paul had no idea, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. ( Log Out /  I read it last summer. It was a creepy ending, but it made more sense for me. Paul, Stan, Claire and Kate are typical parents trying to protect their children from the consequences of their actions by having long, slow, tangential arguments over a multi-course meal at a restaurant where there are more waiters than customers. Is this outright deplorable. I was totally captivated by this film. I’d give it a 7 out of 10. The Party review – the dinner bash from hell. I also didn’t read the book so maybe the book was more clear on the ending. The adoptive parents themselves make a big fuss out of pretending that he's one of their kids just like their biological kids are, but he's often portrayed as an outsider - in France, where he's quickly blamed for the whole business with the chickens, and again by the fact that he wasn't there when the homeless lady was assaulted. I thought the tremendous struggle between right and wrong was excellent as the struggle itself was up to interpretation. I really hate stupid people. Any how. They then became a couple and got married. Typically, when a restaurant has more waiters than customers it’s a bad sign, but apparently in very expensive restaurants, it’s a good sign. The movie is slow. Reading your spoiler was worth watching a bad movie. We were worried sick. From the beginning, Frank is a tough guy to root for, and, yes, of course, you’re supposed to think Frank is a jerk, but “The Wave” doesn’t lean hard enough into that concept. Some of the audience at my showing seem to be baffled by the unorthodox ending, but I thought it a fitting end. It was Susan who asked Edward to have dinner with her both times. Is this foolish motherly love? Damn. “Oh everyone will love it” I thought. I also thought Clair said on the phone with Mike that you meaning mike would be proud of your father. It’s almost like they WANT people to see them. Knowing that the hosts of the dinner party were cannibals thanks to the press email I received, really took away from the suspense of the film. For me this movie falls in the mystery column. Perhaps if that was a bigger reveal to me, I might have enjoyed the movie more. There are many details to follow and think about, but you may find the ending rushed and amateurish. Those kids would have grown into psychopaths or serial killers. On the way to withdraw cash from an ATM, unexpectedly, Mike repeatedly kicks a homeless woman, hits her with trash, then sets her on fire. But this one I liked. All the cast were excellent, all of them favorites of mine, with Steve Coogan’s depiction of mental imbalance especially brilliant. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The ending of The Dinner Party is something that I didn’t see coming, and it is actually pretty good. I loved the movie except for the end. Very grateful I didn’t have to watch a 2 hour movie that has no ending. I am in the middle of reading this book right now, and I'm having a terrible time with it. Obviously the bickering family are in no mood to listen to this and you can sense his disappointment and sadness that such a carefully crafted meal is going to waste. I was very excited to read it as it had been compared to Gone Girl as a must read. With all these politicians and skeletons in their closets….it’s bound to come out one day. It's a satire! The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets At this point (about 100 pages in), I mostly want to slap Paul for being for being such a crank. Stan is played by Richard Gere and Paul, by an actor who looks uncannily like what Richard Gere’s real life brother could look like. I don't mean to say that I was cheering on any of the characters. Pull your head out of your ass and pay the fuck attention if you’re gonna write an entire film review and completely miss the ending. Makes for a very different ending. I liked it somewhat because I think everyone could relate to family drama. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Actors are notoriously un-shy. I think he was portrayed as an extreme narcissist. And there's no way they shot the end of the movie and just forgot what she was wearing. For nearly two months we were gripped by the mysterious case of Cora Tannetti in The Sinner on the USA Network.The season came to an end, seemingly resolving all loose ends. That seemed to be the plot twist, that the characters are all lunatics. ( Log Out /  The narrator is extremely unreliable and you can't necessarily believe what he's telling you. They go to parties, hang out with older girlfriends, skip school, get drunk, kick homeless people, throw trash on them, set them on fire and video the whole thing. Still don’t exactly know how their little family crisis is resolved. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I just want to make sure I have my facts in line...because I started to get confused...so tell me if I am wrong. And there are no explosions. His son seems to have the same issues, which will undoubtedly get worse as he grows older. It's a wonderful, wonderful book. Interesting, slow, but the violence shown by those kids was too much. Here’s our attempt to offer a snapshot of the ‘Enemy’ ending, explained. There are the brothers Paul and Stan and their wives, Claire and Kate. And bashing up the principal without landing in jail? (It was published in the States in February.) It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. So we decided to search for reviews instead. Mike and Rick are typical teenage boys. Love your response to “Your Mom.” (Also, great review!) Yes, the dad threw that Basketball I figured that out and blame the son smh. I couldn’t agree with you more. His son seems to have the same issues, which will undoubtedly get worse as he grows older. In all fairness though, it's a better book than The Dinner. The Dinner Party Review: Incredibly Disturbing and Darkly Funny. ): http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/12/04/gillian-flynn-gone-girl-ending/. When things go bad, we attack each other. Writer/Director please brush up on your skills!!!! Drawing inspiration from films like ‘The Stepford Wives’, ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, ‘The Shining’ and ‘The […] But he does not answer the phone. The film, starring Richard Gere and Steve Coogan, is about a serious talk that takes place in a caricature of every over-the-top fancy restaurant you've ever heard of. The dinner takes a long time to get to a plot and doesn’t quite make it to a point but is reasonably well acted and the characters of the two brothers develop well. Oh thank God. Very slow. I agree. Beau is also a typical teenage boy. Perfectly described! Apart from all this, I seem to remember that there were some interesting bits about the adopted son, how he was never really part of the family. But not too much. I thought that his main motivation for coming clean was because he worried what would happen to his career should the story break without his being able to control it. When he goes to bed with her...I was not sure if he … To sum up, it is possible that the film is so rich in themes and character development that future generations will watch it over and over again, looking for them all, but the danger is that the only reason they keep rewatching it is that they fell asleep repeatedly in the middle and the class requires a report. Also, the murder of that boy at the end. In all fairness though, it's a better book than The Dinner. Moreover Claire has no such mental health problems, and yet she is prepared to cover up murder in order to protect her child. Wonderful acting but pointless until last half hour. Change ). Perhaps it's a bad thing that I actually know something is going to happen because if I didn't, I would have given up on it. If, so how did the 2nd wife come into play with a train wreck. Michael deserved to be punished but his uncle’s race for governor got in the way. Press J to jump to the feed. This calls into question whether or not Bateman imagined it all, but according author Bret Easton Ellis (who penned the source material novel), having it all be in Bateman's head would render the point of the story moot. It’s doesn’t make a difference to you or me, but it does to the rich white folks in the movie. Keep up the good work! This is yet another movie with a lot of dark interior locations. Extremely complicated and apparently many folks don’t like that. (Like that Gettysburg scene, yikes). I've been recommending The Dinner—but not without worrying that someone might read it, be completely creeped out by it, and then think me a weirdo ;-), ending I really loved 'Gone Girl'. Well, that’s good to know. My thoughts exactly. What does this say about her? I think the movie is about mental health – a topic that has replaced poverty as today’s fashionable cause – but I couldn’t be sure. The Dinner (2009) is a novel by Dutch author Herman Koch. I agree with you, I don't know if OP is maybe using twist in the Shymalanian sense, but each course released new information about the characters and their relationships to each other, which changes how the audience reacts to the characters, so I think that qualifies as a twist, right? I didn’t understand the ending at all. Eyes Wide Shut a bomb. I thought that The Dinner was a really compelling and entertaining read, and very thought provoking as well. Lately all Netflix movies have a stupid endings that really need to be I can do “Art” too. When things go well, we carry on until the next cycle of the sun, come what may. She even says something along the lines of 'my son is more important than some homeless woman'. 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