My Dinner with Hervé (My Dinner with Hervé) (2019)

Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: May (57 movies items)

"First viewing - May 18th I've known who Hervé Villechaize is for a long time now, but beyond his roles and how he died I didn't know much about him. This film gives some good insight into his life, and it's elevated by the performance from Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan. Dinklage remains one of my favorite living actors, and learning that playing this role was a passion project of his makes total sense after watching the film. Hervé's story is entertaining and engaging, mixed with tragedy bu"

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- March 2019 (36 movies items)

" HBO Now- 1hr. 45min. First Viewing Sure, My Dinner with Hervé is, mostly, just another HBO biopic, with famous people playing other famous people in a rather manipulated telling of history. Luckily, this one doesn't really follow the tried and true "great man" path; it's subject is something of a sad drunk who never approached greatness. In foregoing that bland path, My Dinner allows itself to have some fun which, in turn, makes the film more affecting. I can't really speak to the accent (I'd "