My Dinner With Andre Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 2969

Average Rating: 2.8/4

# of Ratings: 47

Theatrical Release Date: 10/11/1981

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 06/23/2009

Language: English

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Louis Malle

Actors: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler

Plot: Semi-autobiographical movie features Andre Gregory conversing with a laconic Wallace Shawn.

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4/4

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/17/2019

An intimate and philosophical character study often credited with inventing the conversation film.

Rating of
2/4

Unknown - wrote on 03/08/2015

One long, varied conversation. Gregory is well spoken. He is an engaging story-teller. ... And that's all there is. It's a fine dialogue piece, but it never once felt like I was watching an actual film. Mildly interesting all the way through. Not the most entertaining.

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SIngli6
SIngli6
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Rating of
4/4

Our Date with Destiny

SIngli6 - wrote on 09/29/2022

I loved this film so much I ordered a Criterion Blu-ray copy of it the very night I watched it. It is a sublime work of minimalism and perhaps the most audacious entry into the documentary-hybrid genre I can think of, essentially being an interview in the skin of a drama. I also loved the way Wallace Shawn for so long just echoed Andre's sentiments until he realised the implications of Gregory's philosophy and did a complete 180. That is a pattern of conversation I have often observed in real world discussions of philosophy and theology.

On a personal note, I side more with Shawn's view of the world than Gregory's, but Shawn seemed too deeply motivated by fear in how he came to this view, when really such a view should be the product of considered rumination. One also notes the …

Daniel Corleone
Daniel Corleone
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Rating of
3.5/4

My Dinner With Andre review

Daniel Corleone - wrote on 04/17/2013

"Who am I? Why am I here? Where do I come from? And where am I going?" For those who enjoy intellectual screenplays with a singular location of the premise and non-moving plots, this would be an entertaining treat. A premise similar to 12 Angry Men, Rope, Clerks or The Breakfast Club. Requires patience and an open mind. Wally meets-up with an old friend named Andre and converse about almost everything such as technology, opposing views, the future, realty vs. dreams, monotony, love, death, emotions, goals, marriage, enjoying the small things we have, societies pitfalls, science and relationships. Simple as it may be the ideas and points are thorough, hard-hitting and authentic. In the words of Andre - "The world comes in quite fast."

**Possible spoilers but one of many …

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