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My Dinner with Hervé (2018) poster

2018 · drama · tv-movie

My Dinner with Hervé

Directed by Sacha Gervasi1h 46m2018

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

Our read: My Dinner with Hervé (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Sombre, steady, gentle drama / tv-movie, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.97kRT83%
  • sombre
  • intimate
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How My Dinner with Hervé feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want one wild LA night of fame, pain, and Peter Dinklage channeling a TV icon's loneliness.”

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Skip it tonight — Skip if celebrity tragedy, alcohol relapse, and suicide aftermath feel too heavy before bed.

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