1981 · drama · comedy
My Dinner with Andre
Directed by Louis Malle1h 52m1981
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Our read: My Dinner with Andre (1981) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, inventive drama · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- inventive
- twisty
- signature
- intimate
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How My Dinner with Andre feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You crave one hypnotic restaurant conversation about how to actually live.”
Skip it tonight — Ninety minutes of two men talking with no plot sounds like torture tonight.
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