Dinner for Schmucks is the new film from Jay Roach, best known for previously directing Meet The Parents and Meet The Fockers. Those two films give a good indication of what to expect here.

Dinner for Schmucks is full of beloved comedy actors, with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell leading the charge, ably assisted by the likes of Zach Galifianakis, Jeff Dunham, and Jermaine Clement.

This video is the New York Post review of Dinner for Schmucks. To say it’s a very middling review is an understatement. The film is awarded an average 2 out of 4 stars, but still considered the best comedy to be released this year.

Dinner for Schmucks is loosely based on The Dinner Game, a French farce from 1999. But while that was a one-set film based on a stage play, Dinner for Schmucks takes a different approach. And probably suffers as a result.