Dinner for Schmucks User Reviews

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SpencerBoltz Easily The Funniest Movie This Summer

 Dinner For Schmucks finds Tim (Paul Rudd), a stock broker or something, looking for a promotion at work so that his girlfriend Julie (Stephanie Szostak) would respect him and accept his marriage proposal.  In order to receive this promotion Tim’s boss Lance (Bruce Greenwood) invites him to a dinner.  At ...

Reviewed by SpencerBoltz on July 30, 2010
6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
JackiJinx Carell Plays Dumb, Gets Laughs (via Old News Press)

Here's a quick rundown of Dinner for Schmucks. Tim, played by Paul Rudd, is worried that his girlfriend, Stephanie Szostak, won't marry him because she hasn't said yes to his few marriage proposals he's done so far. Tim, a seemingly not stupid guy with his fairly clever business proposal, impresses ...

Reviewed by JackiJinx on July 30, 2010
3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Flap_jackson Dinner for Idiots, Because "Schmucks" is a Disgusting Word

This is a dark, dark, dirty, dirty, awkward comedy that's surprisingly sweet, but above all, a very funny crowd-pleasing film that you should feel horrible for laughing at/with.   Most of the funny comes courtesy of Steve Carell, where it becomes clear to me that he's one of the greatest comedy ...

Reviewed by Flap_jackson on Aug. 1, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
woolf Take your date to dinner, not Dinner

        There’s very little worse in film then seeing a good premise squandered. In an era where sequels and reboots dominate the box-office, it’s always a shame to see an original idea fall on its face financial and artistically. Even worse is when an interesting premise can’t carry a ...

Reviewed by woolf on Aug. 1, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
electricfuture Enjoyable Carell Extravaganza

Dinner for Schmucks was many things. It was funny, lighthearted, and an overall enjoyable movie about idiots. It's mainly about one idiot named Barry, and a business man named Tim, who run into each other and get into some hilarious trouble. Well most of that trouble is caused by Barry, ...

Reviewed by electricfuture on Aug. 13, 2010
meaninoflife42 Carell makes this film comedy gold

 I have now seen a record 3 movies this past week: Despicable Me, (a really good movie) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, (an excellent movie) and now I have seen Steve Carrell's other non-kids film Dinner For Schmucks. Right off the bat I'm going to say that this is a ...

Reviewed by meaninoflife42 on Nov. 27, 2010
DG991 Funny movie, whats with the hate?

I watched this movie with the folks just tonight. What is with all the hate for it?  Yea I guess Alex has a point that better material would have made this movie truly memorable but honestly Steve Carell isn't exactly the perfect actor... I think he actually kinda sucks most of ...

Reviewed by DG991 on Jan. 23, 2011
MasterPr0phet Surprisingly Not The TrainWreck I Expected It To Be.

Sometimes a movie has to be so surprisingly stupid that you have to laugh.  "Dinner for Schmucks" is that movie. I expected literally nothing out of this movie, in fact, I was rather put off my Steve Carell's stupid smile on the posters and the seemingly stupidity that overflowed from ...

Reviewed by MasterPr0phet on Dec. 20, 2010
HattieSandelson Better Than I Expected

After all of the cold water thrown on this movie from professional critics, I was a bit hesitant to see it. But I'm glad I did, it was quite funny. Jemaine Clements character was well-written and acted, he was nothing like his character from Flight of the Concords and I ...

Reviewed by HattieSandelson on Feb. 12, 2011
Dinner for Schmucks Trailer #2

Dinner for Schmucks: typical screwball summer comedy or brilliant treatise on class warfare?

Dinner for Schmucks trailer

Paul Rudd and Steve Carell reunite for this odd couple comedy where the only way to climb the corporate ladder is to do it on the backs of the entertainingly dim.

review Better Than I Expected (4 out of 5) HattieSandelson
review Funny movie, whats with the hate? (4 out of 5) DG991
review Surprisingly Not The TrainWreck I Expected It To Be. (3 out of 5) MasterPr0phet
review Carell makes this film comedy gold (4 out of 5) meaninoflife42
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news Everything Sucked This Weekend, and Other Box Office News Alex
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review Enjoyable Carell Extravaganza (3 out of 5) electricfuture
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Name Dinner for Schmucks
US Release July 30, 2010
UK Release Sept. 3, 2010
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Runtime 114
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Rating PG-13
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $73,026,337
    Foreign +13,380,340
  • = total worldwide gross $86,406,677
  • - a reported budget of $69,000,000
  • = a 25.2% net profit of $17,406,677
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