My Dinner with Andre

1981

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama

36
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 29860 29.9K

new york city intellectual restaurant conversation monologue disillusionment

Plot summary

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Director

Louis Malle Photo
Louis Malle

Top cast

Wallace Shawn Photo
Wallace Shawn as Wally Shawn
Andre Gregory Photo
Andre Gregory as Andre Gregory
Deborah Eisenberg Photo
Deborah Eisenberg as Patron
Jean Lenauer Photo
Jean Lenauer as Waiter
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789.88 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 28
1.67 GB
1776*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stan_c 9 / 10

Not for everyone but a second look was needed

I saw this movie in 1981 when it first came out. I was 31. (Don't know if that matters but it might.) I could barely stay in my seat. I wanted out so bad. All this taking. (I was not a talker. I didn't like talking. I didn't want to tell anyone anything about me.) No action in it. I like action. This movie went in my list of "good movies" (received well in the press) that I did not like.It has bothered me for a long time that I didn't get what this movie was about and just watched it again at 71. I loved it. I could relate to both these guys. I enjoyed watching them react to one another. That's just me. Nothing wrong with hating it.
Reviewed by Gloede_The_Saint 9 / 10

A mighty interesting dinner

Wally Shawn is about to meet a friend he has avoided for several years, Andre Gregory. He has apparently gone mad. The interesting thing is that Shawn and Gregory plays himself, they themselves wrote the script and what they say are supposedly parts of conversations they have actually had over the years.With this in mind you should already know that you are about to encounter something out of the ordinary.If you take away the journey to and from the restaurant, which can't have taken up more than a few minutes, all the action takes place around a table. The title says it all. This is Wally dinner with Others. The excitement lies in the words coming out of their mouths, and fortunately their conversation is extremely interesting.At the beginning it seems like Andre is a maniac, just some crazy person babbling on about nonsense. However, at some point things are starting to make more and more sense. Threads are merged and a serious and highly relevant discussion about life and the roles we play occurs.The film was never boring and most of what comes up is something to think about. You get this strange "tell me more" feeling, which so few other movies do, or even try to achieve. A very special film I would most warmly recommend.
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