My Dinner With Andre Review

My Dinner With Andre
Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn appear to play themselves having dinner, with Shawn quizzing Andre about what his recent life and activities.

by David Parkinson |
Published on
Release Date:

26 Feb 1981

Running Time:

110 minutes

Certificate:

12

Original Title:

My Dinner With Andre

However, so discreet is Malle’s technique that it virtually disappears amid the torrent of philosophies and experiences that gush forth in answer to Shawn’s dinner-table inquiry about what Gregory’s been doing in the five years since they last met. Several tales are entertainingly vivid. But Gregory is often self-indulgently loquacious and swamps Shawn, whose closing narrative leaves one wishing he’d been given more latitude to express himself.

A completely merited cult favourite of the avant-garde genre. This is surprisingly compelling in places.
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