A cena con un cretino

Titolo originale: Dinner for Schmucks
Regia: Jay Roach |
Anno: 2010
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia
Tag: mind control | mouse | idiot | taxidermy | aftercreditsstinger | duringcreditsstinger |
Cast: Paul Rudd | Steve Carell | Stephanie Szostak | Jemaine Clement | Zach Galifianakis | Lucy Punch | Bruce Greenwood | David Walliams | Ron Livingston | Larry Wilmore | Kristen Schaal | P.J. Byrne | Andrea Savage | Nick Kroll | Randall Park | Lucy Davenport | Chris O'Dowd | Jeff Dunham | Octavia Spencer | Patrick Fischler | Rick Overton | Eric Winzenried | Nicole LaLiberte | Maria Zyrianova | Alex Borstein | Blanca Soto |

Tim Conrad è un analista in ascesa all'interno di un'importante compagnia. Finisce, grazie a una sua proposta, al centro delle attenzioni del suo CEO Lance Fender il quale lo invita ad entrare a far parte di un cerchio ristretto: Si tratta di un gruppo ad alto livello che si diverte ad invitare periodicamente a cena degli individui ritenuti dei perfetti idioti e il vincitore sarà chi avrà presentato il più 'cretino' di tutti. Tim incontra accidentalmente un soggetto che potrebbe fare proprio al caso suo. Si tratta di Barry, esperto in tassidermia che ha come hobby quello di ricreare dei quadretti ispirati spesso ad opere d'arte utilizzando topolini mummificati. Nulla di orrorifico ma sicuramente qualcosa di molto, molto poco comune. Barry entrerà così nella vita di Tim scombinandola senza volerlo.

Approfondimenti

Jeff Dunham, who plays Lewis the Ventriloquist and his "wife" Debbie, is a popular comedian known fo [...] D
Robin Williams was considered for the role of Barry Speck. D
One of the film's writers, David Guion, was on set one day and noticed that Steve Carell was left ha [...] D
The movie uses two The Beatles elements. One is the song "Fool on the Hill", used in the opening and [...] D
Larry Wilmore (Williams) and Steve Carell (Barry) have starred together before in the sitcom 'The Of [...] D
While in Kieran's house, Barry notices a picture of Kieran standing next to Nelson Mandela, and conf [...] D
When Tim is speaking about his 'bomb lamps', he says of Meuller, "he loves lamps". Steve Carell and [...] D
Filmed over a period of 55 days when Steve Carell's TV show The Office (2005) was on hiatus. D
Ron Livingston, who is perhaps most widely known as the anti-corporate slacker, Peter Gibbons, from [...] D
This is the second movie where Steve Carrell portrays a character who isn't all there. The first rol [...] D
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Emphasis". D
There was debate over the use of the word "schmucks" in the title. Some felt that another Yiddish wo [...] D
This film is an American remake of a french comedy movie: Le Diner de Cons (1998) by Francis Veber. [...] D
The lead roles were originally intended for Steve Martin and Bill Murray. D
It's mentioned that a fired ex-employee took his stapler with him, which happens in Office Space sta [...] D
A Porsche Cayman is used on medium shots while on close ups a Porsche Boxter is used. D
In one of the mice dioramas, a bottle of Dom Perignon is called "Veber". Francis Veber wrote and dir [...] D
This is Paul Rudd and Steve Carell's third film together after Anchorman - La leggenda di Ron Burgun [...] D
Barry (Played by Steve Carell) mistakes Nelson Mandela for Morgan Freeman. Carell co-starred with Fr [...] D
Jay Roach cast Steve Carell in his film after seeing his performance in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). D
This is actually a remake of a French classic comedy movie: Le dîner de cons . Also S6,E20 of Mar [...] D
The exterior shot of the house where the dinner is held is the same as "stately Wayne Manor" from th [...] D
When this project was in early development, Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play the lead. D