Does The Dinner end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Dinner easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Dinner violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Dinner

Name: The Dinner
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2013
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Kim van Kooten, Jacob Derwig, Reinout Bussemaker

Directed by Menno Meyjes

Produced by Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

201388 min5.5 / 10

A tense, intellectually demanding dinner-table drama that uses a family crisis to interrogate moral complicity and the decay of contemporary European society.

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.

Clusters

Betrayal, Downfall, Survival Morally Ambiguous Crime Dramas Workplace Movies Family Struggles Growing Up Political Leaders And Royalty

Genres

Drama Thriller

Keywords

Restaurant Political Leader Mischievous Children

Questions people ask

Does The Dinner end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Dinner sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Dinner easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Dinner violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Dinner scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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