Dinner for Schmucks is a remake of a French movie that is apparently funnier than this version. Zac Efron wants to move away from his teen movie roles, but making sappy movies like Charlie St. Cloud is probably not the way to do it. Then there’s another stupid talking cat and dog movie.
Nationwide Releases
Dinner for Schmucks
Charlie St. Cloud
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Dinner for Schmucks
Directed: Jay Roach
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Szostak
Trailer
Synopsis: A group of friends invite the stupidest people they can to dinner so they can laugh at them.
My Take: It has people in it that I find funny, but the trailer just didn’t look funny.
RT Score: 52%
RT Consensus: It doesn’t honor its source material — or its immensely likable leads — as well as it should, but Dinner for Schmucks offers fitfully nourishing comedy.
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