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For Sale Mar 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Dinner for Schmucks's IMDb rating is criminal

Posted by Chlodio

>5.9 I cannot fathom what would warrant such a low rating for such an excellent movie. It's a very well-written and produced movie with great performances. Carrell might be the weakest part of the movie, but it is still prime Carrell. There are plenty of poorly written slapstick comedies from this era, many of which received a rating of 7 or higher. But this doesn't even get that.
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Mildly_Irritated_Max Mar 27, 2026 +31
Because it was a mediocre movie. 5.9 sounds about right.
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Guns_and_Tea Mar 27, 2026 +3
Agreed. I was really disappointed by this movie after having seen it's fantastic trailer. One of those weird situations where the trailer is 10x better than the actual movie.
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Fools_Requiem Mar 27, 2026 +10
No. It's not. This isn't school grading. 5/10 is middle of the road.
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GrubHanser Mar 27, 2026 +12
It has terrible scores on RT from both critics and the audience, and Metacritic has it at 56%. It's just a bad movie.
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PetBearCub Mar 27, 2026 +10
I'm glad you like it. I don't think the general population agrees though.
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rgregan Mar 27, 2026 +23
5.9 seems pretty generous actually. I personally dislike this movie and that rating is above the middle.
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ace1571 Mar 27, 2026 +6
Came here to say just this. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though, I'm happy OP enjoys it so much.
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Dontbite03 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Couldn’t agree more 
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blucthulhu Mar 27, 2026 +5
It's partly because it's a remake of a better film.
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Chlodio Mar 27, 2026
I hear that.
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GuildensternLives Mar 27, 2026 +9
I think the word 'excellent' is stretching a bit. And IMDb ratings are notoriously all over the map because everyone participating has a different metric for how they choose to rate.
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Calraider7 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Seems high, it’s not good. But the people have spoken
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Fools_Requiem Mar 27, 2026 +3
It's not a very good movie.
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FreeRange0929 Mar 27, 2026 +2
It drags at times and some of the wacky plot lines (Zach G and the IRS, the exgirlfriend, going to visit the guy trying to bang Paul Rudds girlfriend) pull away from the story. Once you get to the party, it picks up a bit, but as fun as it is, it feels lacking in actual story.
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TheShadyGuy Mar 27, 2026 +2
From the title, I wanted to see a high-concept kind of movie about the dinner itself, where as the story unfolds we learn how interesting and awesome the "schmucks" are and ultimately the evening becomes a kind of revenge of the "nerds" as they are flying over the hosts' heads. But we did get some funny stuff like "you may say that I'm a dreamer but I'm not" but an overall ok movie.
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HaloFever117 Mar 27, 2026 +2
The actual dinner scene was hilarious. Loved it. The rest of the movie was difficult to watch.
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fuxoft Mar 27, 2026 +4
Maybe film buffs are aware that this is a remake of very highly regarded French comedy from 1998 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FANGIUNbiA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FANGIUNbiA)
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Beatlesgoat2 Mar 27, 2026 +1
My wife’s favorite finger!!!
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monty-p-moneybanks Mar 27, 2026 +1
I f****** hated this movie, it’s the only one I’ve ever walked out of in theaters
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UnbuiltIkeaBookcase Mar 27, 2026 +1
NO ONE was more excited than I was to see Carrel and Rudd in this movie but it ended up being disappointing.  Not a horrible movie it just wasn’t good or even funny. 
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xotorames Mar 27, 2026 +1
That's my opinion as well, I chuckled a couple times and that was it. The only scene I remember is Zach Galifianakis laughing. I expected so much more from a movie with that cast.
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Level-Tangerine-3877 Mar 28, 2026 +1
movie drags. Much better one (of a somewhat similar idea) is The Cable Guy
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