Movie Review: 'Dinner for Schmucks'

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Rating: 1 1/2 stars

Recap: The head of a private equity firm hosts a monthly soiree in which his employees must bring an idiot to dinner, and the best idiot wins. Paul Rudd's character, a junior member of the firm trying to make good, feels conflicted about this, but into his life (and off the front of his car) bounces a pluperfect dolt, played by Carell in capped teeth.

Review: "I found the heart-tugs at the climax almost grotesque. The French original wasn't afraid to find subtlety within cruelty. The schmucked-up American edition does the chortling for us and then, as an afterthought, scolds us for laughing. Or, in my case, not." -- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune film critic

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