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Running Time
114
min
MPAA rating
PG-13
Release Date
Jul 30, 2010
Dinner for Schmucks
Tim (Paul Rudd) a rising executive, works for a boss who hosts a monthly event in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career boost. Though he declines the invitation at first, he changes his mind when he meets Barry (Steve Carell), a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. The scheme backfires when Barry's blundering good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's romantic relationship.
Starring
| Steve Carell | Barry |
| Paul Rudd | Tim |
| Bruce Greenwood | Lance Fender |
| Ron Livingston | Caldwell |
| Jemaine Clement | Kieran |
| Jeff Dunham | Lewis |
| Stephanie Szostak | Julie |
| Lucy Davenport | Birgit |
| Lucy Punch | Darla |
| David Walliams | Mueller |
| Ilka Soares | Therman |
| Rick Overton | Chuck |
| Octavia Spencer | Madame Nora |
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3 reviews
Mousterpieces were interesting...but wait till its on cable if you want to see it,not worth the movie theater ticket price.
63 reviews
Barry is almost believeable. I could almost picture a guy acting that idiotic. The mice depicting works of art were amazing although part of me was thinking they didn't die of natural causes.
153 reviews
"Dinner for Schmucks" is a remake of a French film called "Dinner". It has had many liberties taken with it, which help to make the movie more accessible to American audiences. Sometimes, in doing this, the movie can lose alot, but much like "Death at a Funeral" the story can be told with many variations and retain its humor.
The trailer implies that most of the movie will be centered around the actual dinner, but in reality, it takes up the last 15 minutes of the movie. This is probably for the best though, as once you get there, you realize that you don't really want to see the other guests all that much. They offer their quick laugh and move on like they should.
One thing of note is that the defining "weirdness" of Steve Carell's character centers around these little scenes he makes with dead rats. I often found myself marveling at them, just because they were so good. If there actually was a guy who single handedly put these all together, he could probably do quiet well for himself.