Loved it! Very funny! Finally a comedy that is actually funny! Really rare these days!

Being French, I was very curious to see how the Americans adapted "Le Diner de Cons" into an American comedy.If you're a French and want to see this, spare yourself the time. There are a lot of elements that are similar to the original version. Yes, they are similar but yet different in the way the outcomes and twists occur. The reason for which I watched it is because Steve Carrel plays the most important role (the imbecile) and I love this guy. His interpretation of 'Pignon' is interesting but is too cheesy in my taste.In the French Version, Jacques Villeret (who plays the imbecile) strives to be his normal self but keeps doing stupid stuff over and over (unvoluntary!!), which makes the situation(s) worse and worse as the movie unfolds. The thing that may annoy and put off most of comedy viewers with this American remake, is the fact that the 'imbecile' is OVER played. It is very obvious that 'Barry' is too much of a moron to be true which led me to roll my eyes on a few occasions... Barry just looks like his only goal in the movie is to stay in Tim's life and screws everything up.One may safely affirm that Barry is trying to fuck up everything through the whole film contrary to 'Pignon' in the French Film who looks like a decent guy who's trying his best to do the right thing, but screws everything up in spite of his good-hearted self, which makes the self hilarious.The thing I hated the most is the fact that production tried to convey a morale and some cheesy message at the end of the film, which makes no sense to me. The only redeeming quality of this film is the performance of both Steve Carell and Zach Galifianakis (especially the latter who has outdone himself with his performance) I do not know a single French person who doesn't like 'Le diner de cons' . Therefore if you're in the mood for a good/great comedy film, go ahead and watch this French classic with subtitles.

It never ceases to amaze me how truly humorous and emotionally inspiring movies like this get trashed by numbheads and these same numbheads fall all over those paper cutout movies which meet their "winner" criteria. Those movies may be winners, but this movie is a winner too. Other movies can be winners. Not just the winners.This movie deserves a 6.5 rating not the current 5.9. At IMDb, a 7.0 is really really good, an 8.0 is a super great magnificent blockbuster. Higher is almost unheard of. But they do exist. Higher rated movies are almost always a sure bet to be a winner. But any movie in the 6's is usually worth watching, while any movie in the 5's is probably pretty okay. Even some movies in the 4's can be okay, so the movies in the 5's are even more okay. But the movies in the 6's are really really good, which would mean the movies in the 7s would have to be changed to exceptionally good, not just really really good.On the other hand, IMDb ratings can often be totally the result of a bunch of numbheads. We should invite them to dinner.This is a good movie.

Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement and Bruce Greenwood star in this 2010 comedy. Rudd (Anchorman) plays Tim, an executive who pitches an idea to his boss, Fender (Greenwood). Fender decides to invite Tim to a dinner where his employees bring idiots as their guests. Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin) plays Barry, a mild-mannered, not so bright guy Tim meets and decides to bring to the dinner. Barry complicates things for Tim at first, but Tim befriends him in the process. Barry also helps Tim work things out with his girlfriend, Julie (Szostak). Clement plays artist, Kieren who works with and has a thing for Julie. This isn't bad and Carell & Rudd are great together. I recommend this.