The Dinner was an international bestseller in 2013 with
a deceptively simple plot — two married couples at an upscale restaurant discuss their children.
Not exact matches
The
plot of the film is
deceptively simple: Elizabeth and Tony Jordan (played by Priscilla Shirer and T.C. Stallings), appear to have it all — living in an upper class neighborhood with their daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), money is rolling in from Tony's job as a successful pharmaceutical salesman.
Rather than wind his way through tortuous twisty genre
plots with dazzling visual effects, Nolan keeps «Dunkirk»
deceptively simple.
Yet writer director Paul King «s adaptation is so on the money, so well - done, so
deceptively simple, heartfelt and flat - out entertaining, it make movies with far more plausible
plots seem silly by comparison.
In telling a story reliant more on character and mood than the machinations of
plot, Lynch has made a highly assured piece of filmmaking that is
deceptively simple yet deeply effective.