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Two sets of wealthy parents meet for dinner to decide what to do about a crime their sons have committed.
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The Diner(2017): A look at how far parents will go to protect their children. Feature film based on a novel by Herman Koch. Storyline...
Dinner for four at an over-the-top ostentatious restaurant is the setting, and aggravation is the sauce for each course – labeled on screen for our convenience as Aperitif, Appetizer, Main course, Cheese, Dessert, and Digestif. Richard Gere is Congressman Stan Lohman, a candidate for Governor and a slick politician in the midst of a battle to get the necessary votes for approval on his sponsored bill. He is joined by his second (yes it matters) and much younger wife Katelynn, played by Rebecca Hall. Rounding out the foursome is Stan's estranged (and strange) brother Paul (Steve Coogan) and Paul's wife Claire (Laura Linney), who is every bit as off-center as her husband.
These four have no real interest in sharing dinner time conversation, but the horrific actions of their teenage sons have brought them together for a strategy session. Michael (Charlie Plummer) is Paul and Claire's son, while Rick (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) is Stan's son with first wife Chole Sevigny. Video of their despicable and unforgivable act has been posted on YouTube, and now the four "adults" are convening to decide the best step for these "good kids" who just need help getting back on track. At least that's what Claire would have us believe. In fact, if satire exists at all in this script, it surely would be in the fact that the politician is the only one to exhibit any semblance of moral fortitude in this situation. We even hear the incident described as "an unfortunate chain of events" … further emphasizing the film's theme that EVERYTHING is political these days.
The film itself is often too-congested and convoluted. The flashbacks are messy and unnecessary, and the dialogue ill-timed and seemingly written for shock value rather than with situational purpose. No one does droll like Steve Coogan, yet his character spends the film sermonizing (with his running narration of a Gettysburg analogy) and showing no signs of humanity. The big reveal with his character is borderline shameless and insulting. Somehow we are left to ponder who shows the worst judgment – the teenagers or the adults. Evidently we are supposed to feel the moral outrage that all of society is now driven by politics, and in politics, "someone always gets hurt". Personally, if I have outrage, it is directed at a manipulative film that stole valuable time from me.