My Dinner With Andre Review

However, so discreet is Malle’s technique that it virtually disappears amid the torrent of philosophies and experiences that gush forth in answer to Shawn’s dinner-table inquiry about what Gregory’s been doing in the five years since they last met. Several tales are entertainingly vivid. But Gregory is often self-indulgently loquacious and swamps Shawn, whose closing narrative leaves one wishing he’d been given more latitude to express himself.