To say that the flow of “The Dinner” is clunky would be an understatement. It has echoes of Polanski’s “ Carnage” in the way Overman attempts to analyze how our children’s behavior can often become a mirror of our own issues, but it's all mysterious back story revelations instead of anything insightful about who these people are today or where they're going.
As more and more lavish courses come their way (shepherded by an effective Michael Chernus as a nervous maître d’), the couples bicker, fight, and reveal the depths of their personal problems. Not only could their kids go to jail, but Stan’s political career could be derailed. Their affluenza-stricken progeny did something horrible to a homeless woman sheltering in an ATM room, and it was caught on a security tape. They’re getting together to discuss a horrific incident involving their children, which we see in flashes back in time. Paul Lohman ( Steve Coogan) and his wife Claire ( Laura Linney) are going to dinner at a remarkably fancy restaurant with Paul’s relatively-estranged brother Stan ( Richard Gere), a high-powered politician, and his wife Katelyn ( Rebecca Hall).
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