My Dinner With Andre

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My Dinner With Andre

PG

1981

1h 50m

Comedy

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Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

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Joseph Jon Lanthier

Slant Magazine

06/16/2009

4/4

But what an egg it is.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

03/04/2009

3/5

A completely merited cult favourite of the avant-garde genre. This is surprisingly compelling in places.

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

03/21/2025

The most exciting film released in 1981, with the possible exception of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

02/07/2024

3/4

It should be required viewing for would-be actors and behind-the-camera craftspeople.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

08/30/2022

A

Like some of our best late-night chats with good friends, the dialogue seems to encompass everything while resolving nothing.

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Rick Chatenever

Santa Cruz Sentinel

11/20/2019

My Dinner With Andre elevates the simple activity of conversation to a fine -- and lively -- art. It is a film rich in ideas and brimming with very honest humanity.

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Lili D.

@LiliLove Apr 13

Very interesting conversation

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Tim K

@soxloser Feb 5

Absolutely pointless. Elitist bullshit

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Lidija V

@Lidija.v Jan 2

The film seems slow and static at first, then the conversation starts to heat up and you are completely absorbed in it until the end! The difference in nature of the two former friends is perfectly depicted, as well as the difference in ideas about what life should be like.

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Bboy S

@Hambone144 Dec 27

Total self indulgent garbage. Felt for the actor who sits there listening to this endless soliloquy and he is scripted to be more and more entranced. Andre finds himself ever so fascinating and avantgarde, in the movie and presumably in real life, but is in fact a boring and monotone storyteller. What mass hypnosis is behind the high rating it has received? The $15,000 it garnered in box office receipts speaks volumes.

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Pepi A

@RT81179499 Nov 29

My favorite film. A simple conversation between two friend which is mind-blowing, heart-felt, and life-changing.

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Catherine D.

@CatherineOrozco Nov 12

Get through the beginning and the conversation picks up and becomes so much more interesting! It’s a wonderfully thought provoking film that invokes the desire to live meaningfully and presently. It’s worth more than one watch to truly ponder points brought up in the conversation.

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Synopsis

Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

Director: Louis Malle
Producer: George W. George, Beverly Karp
Screenwriter: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
Distributor: Momentum Pictures, Fox Lorber, Cinegate Ltd., New Yorker Films
Production Co: Saga, NEF - Nouvelles Éditions de Films, The Andre Company
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.1K
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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