Nice effects though.

Captivating movie !

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This movie sucked. End of review. No stars given. Complete waste of time.

Being French, I was very curious to see how the Americans adapted "Le Diner de Cons" into an American comedy.If you're a French and want to see this, spare yourself the time. There are a lot of elements that are similar to the original version. Yes, they are similar but yet different in the way the outcomes and twists occur. The reason for which I watched it is because Steve Carrel plays the most important role (the imbecile) and I love this guy. His interpretation of 'Pignon' is interesting but is too cheesy in my taste.In the French Version, Jacques Villeret (who plays the imbecile) strives to be his normal self but keeps doing stupid stuff over and over (unvoluntary!!), which makes the situation(s) worse and worse as the movie unfolds. The thing that may annoy and put off most of comedy viewers with this American remake, is the fact that the 'imbecile' is OVER played. It is very obvious that 'Barry' is too much of a moron to be true which led me to roll my eyes on a few occasions... Barry just looks like his only goal in the movie is to stay in Tim's life and screws everything up.One may safely affirm that Barry is trying to fuck up everything through the whole film contrary to 'Pignon' in the French Film who looks like a decent guy who's trying his best to do the right thing, but screws everything up in spite of his good-hearted self, which makes the self hilarious.The thing I hated the most is the fact that production tried to convey a morale and some cheesy message at the end of the film, which makes no sense to me. The only redeeming quality of this film is the performance of both Steve Carell and Zach Galifianakis (especially the latter who has outdone himself with his performance) I do not know a single French person who doesn't like 'Le diner de cons' . Therefore if you're in the mood for a good/great comedy film, go ahead and watch this French classic with subtitles.

Oh man, this was a dreadfully bad movie! I just stumbled upon it and even though it wasn't reviewed well, I liked the premise. I wasn't expecting much, but I thought I was going to get at least a little something from it. This movie takes a funny premise and essentially takes the least funny angle on every element within the movie with an over the top cartoonishly silly approach. It's a premise that needs to be treated with an element of realism that ties into the reality we are familiar with… as a result jokes would land harder and overall it would be a more enjoyable experience. This movie gives us nothing that is relatable to our world. You couldn't try to make this movie any less funny. This movie should be rated much lower than a 5.9 on IMDb. The vast majority of the humor in this movie is sooooo cringe worthy unfunny. Sure, there are a few moments that made me laugh, but if you throw enough crap at the wall some of it's bound to stick, but it's amazing how little does. The whole storyline associated with that art dude was sooooo insanely unfunny on every level. Steve Carrell's/Barry's big theme to his character is, he creates art with dead mice…. He uses the mice to depict famous/historical people (Benjamin franklin, Jesus, etc). Seriously! That's the funniest thing they could come up with? I mean 1/5th of the movie is dedicated to this mouse joke…. I guess it's a joke? What were they thinking? The whole girlfriend/relationship storyline was painfully cliché and beyond cringeworthy and of course is consistent with being over the top silly. And the whole ex-girlfriend or whatever she was…. Seriously? Oye Vey! The Swedish couple…. redic! Then the move finally gets to the dinner and makes the audience suspend disbelief. We're supposed to believe that all the business big wigs were really enamored with Barry's weirdness as though he was a huge riot, but none of it occurred while we were watching it. He really wasn't that weird in comparison to the others and his big display with the mice wasn't really that bizarre or funny? Who knows, I'm done? This is such a repugnant piece a crap of a movie and the director and writers should be ostracized and never allowed to be a part of any creative process ever again.

..there's a good number believing this is good fun.. as a 5.9 rating from 82K reviewers bears out.. and that's bewildering.. for this movie is just painfully awful.. have seen all the leads in other work, so we all know it's not completely their doing (but they are somewhat complicit for they did agree to participate in this one).. kinda thought it was going to go the way it did, but am a Stephanie Szostak fan, and figured could fast forward to those scenes with her in them.. maybe if she had played a MUCH larger role, time watching would have at least lasted longer for this viewer.. since 'Satisfaction' have not seen her in very worthwhile productions (starting to question her choices).. but will keep trying.. but firmly suggest you don't do the same with this one.