The Dinner

2013 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 2,614 VOTES · DIR. Menno Meyjes

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Overview

Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,045 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:19 THE DINNER
00:04:08 How many jerks are there in a group of 100 people?
00:06:41 So the decision is not really up to you. - It's no big deal.
00:11:41 And that's not chic. - No, better too late than too early.
00:15:36 Claire sacrifices herself.
00:17:59 It's getting out of hand. - What is?
00:21:33 When it's on the house you get it, don't you?
00:24:59 And that woman, Chris, she's a born madam.
00:28:29 All day long it's motherfucking this and bitches that. Awful.
00:32:01 feeling the warmth left behind by my wife's ass.
00:35:11 people now had something to grab onto.
00:38:35 It's just for lighting a girl's cigarette or a joint.
00:41:21 You didn't do anything wrong. It was an accident. These things happen, right?
00:44:43 See you.
00:47:26 Paul, we have a problem.
00:49:37 And can we live with that? Right? Can we...
00:52:20 You open your front door somebody's sleeping on the step. What do you do?
00:56:22 How much fun is that? - That's not the point.
00:59:41 No one's going to prison. No one.
01:02:33 Go inside.x3
01:05:35 As sure as one can be of anything in this era of the mobile.
01:08:22 Thank you.
01:11:04 And he's nervous again.
01:15:02 I'll give you money for a hotel. Hey!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,045
Dialogue density11.9 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line01:15:02

Production Record

DirectorMenno Meyjes
LanguageDutch
IMDb votes2,614