The film is divided into two main lines, the protagonist Tim's career and love. Intrigue within the company, pretence of the rich, and incomprehension between lovers. . . . From the plot alone, there is nothing special about it. Celebrities don't seem to be big enough. Before the show, almost nothing was heard. The No. 2 box office in North America can be said to be a miracle, because the other films are almost all big productions, big stars, or business card sequels.
USA Box Office Returns
for the weekend starting 30 July 2010
Rank Weekend Total Weeks Screens Weekend screen avg. Cumulative
box office
1. Inception (2010)
$27,485,245 (-36%) 3 3,545 $7,753 $193,313,741
2. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
$23,527,839 (% ). 1 2,911 $ 8,082 $ 23,527,839
3. Salt (2010)
$ 19,471,355 (-46%) 2 3,612 $ 5,390 $ 71,033,711
4. Despicable Me (2010)
$ 15,524,230 (-34%). 4 3,602 $ 4,309 $ 190,330,425
5. The Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
$ 12,381,585 (%). 1 2,718 $ 4,555 $ 12,381,585
6. The Cats & Dogs: of The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
$ 12,279,363 (%). 1 3,705 $ 3,314 $ 12,279,363
7. The Toy Story. 3 (2010)
$ 5,122,907 (-43%). 7 2,105 $ 2,433 $ 389,761,491
. 8. Grown Ups (2010)
$ 4,548,144 (-39%). 6 2,269 $ 2,004 $ 150,761,385
9. The of The Sorcerer apos Apprentice (2010)
$ 4,465,524 (-54%). 3 2,524 $ 1,769 $ 52,026,528
10. The the Eclipse (2010)
$ 4,014,953 (-44%). 5 2,334 $ 1,720 $ 288,199,907
" Dinner for Stupid is not original, it is an adaptation of the 1998 French film "Dinner Game". The advantage of French movies is that they can make movies with bland themes out of details, and reflect the skills of actors, screenwriters and directors in the details. "Dinner of Stupidity" largely retains this detail-oriented essence, adding American humor.
For example, our number one "dumb", Barry, is a tax clerk by profession. The organization Americans hate the most, the most boring job. His supervisor, the pervert who claimed to be able to control the soul of others, especially Barry, was also very much in line with the American perception of this institution.
Tim's bad luck in the film is also in line with Americans' resentment against financial practitioners. When the Porsche was smashed, some people applauded!
The self-deprecating spirit of Americans is that they admit their ignorance of the world. For example, Mandela is considered to be Morgan Freeman, such as can't understand accented English. The audience's resonance is reflected in the uninterrupted laughter. Although there are vulgar jokes, most of the burden-shaking ones are good. It's not a Jim Carrey movie after all, it's mostly body language.
The actors are excellent as a whole, needless to say Steve Carey, Zach Galifianakis who played his boss in "The Hangover", the abominable so that everyone can scold the tax officials unscrupulously, and the Claremont performance as the artist It captures the verve of contemporary artists madly pretending to be garlic.
Everyone was relieved by the light-hearted jokes, warmed by the model made by the little mouse, and some people could also learn the secret of appreciation from Tim. The only regret should be the ending. In the French movie, the film was finished before the dinner, while the American drama did not leave blanks, and the climax was left at the dinner. There were no more surprises at the dinner. In the end, the French version was better.
However, people in the movie theater have waited until The End to continue watching the future lives of the protagonists represented by the rat taxidermy. The aesthetics of European and American audiences are really different!
Classic lines:
Susana (Kristen Schaal): Uck! It smells like cabbage on this floor.
Tim: That's the smell of dead dreams.
Susana: I go to clubs at night and people are like hey, who's wearing the cole-slaw? Do you know how hard it is to get laid if you smell like cole-slaw? Not hard...
Tim: You invite idiots to dinner and make fun of them?
Williams (Larry Wilmore): Mmm-hmm.
Tim: That's...messed up.
Tim: Oh my god! You know that is just so like you. You call a guy a douche and you get your first museum show.
Tim: Jesus Christ! Are you okay?
Barry: Ahh, yeah. I'm okay. Is that a Porsche?
Tim: Yeah.
Barry: Oh wow...I have been hit by a Datsun before, but never a Porsche.
Tim: In the words of John Lennon, you may I'm a dreamer, but I'm not.
Barry: The only one.
Tim: The only what?
Barry: No that's the lyric. You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
Tim: [chuckles] Okay Tim.
Tim: My back, my back, my back!
Barry: Is it your back?
[Motioning to a picture of Kieran shaking Nelson Mandela's hand.]
Barry: Oh my god! He's friends with Morgan Freeman!
Kieran: Julie's not a penguin, she's a lioness. Don't try to mate a lioness with a penguin, ever. Have you ever seen a mammal and a bird mate? I've never even heard of that.
Barry: So do you guys want to get pizza?
Darla (Lucy Punch): I want to lick cheese off of your naked body.
Barry: Oh, I'm sure Tim has plates.
Tim: Can you help me, please?
Therman (Zach Galifianakis): Perhaps...for a price.
Tim: How much.
Therman: I just need to hear Barry say you can eat my pudding.
Barry: A goat will eat anything. A goat could probably eat a bicycle.
Kieran: A goat could eat itself; if it was driven to it...I'm just a goat who's halfway through eating itself.
Barry: Just to be clear, what exactly are we talking about?
Kieran: Everything.
Barry: Well I try to look at the bright side. I guess you could say I'm internal optometrist. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade-unless you don't have any water or sugar. Then you just eat the lemons, and the rind will give you diarrhea. So...mamma-mia, poppa-pia, baby's got the dairh-hey Tim!
Lewis' Ventriloquist Wife: My god it's raining men. I don't know who's more gorgeous.
Barry: Well beauty is only skin deep-unless something is wrong with your bone structure. Then you could have flawless skin and still be very ugly-because your bones were just...gross.
Lewis' Ventriloquist Wife: Were you looking down my dress?
Tim: No.
Lewis' Ventriloquist Wife: Why not?
Barry: Tim, were you? Please don't embarrass me.
Therman: Brain control? There ain't no such thing as brain control. There's mind control-brain control is ridiculous.
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