My Dinner with Herve: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: October 20, 2018

Summary: Newly sober journalist Danny Tate (Jamie Dornan) finds himself spending one rollicking night in Los Angeles with Fantasy Island actor Hervé Villechaize (Peter Dinklage) in this movie inspired by real events directed and co-written by Sacha Gervasi.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Oct 19, 2018

Dinklage excels in a very difficult role to pull off while Dornan keeps pace as his reluctant Boswell. Their love story, so to speak, is both an entertaining romp and a cautionary tale about a rocket ride to fame and the abundant excesses and afflictions that often are part and parcel. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Oct 18, 2018

The film is mostly a dance between Dinklage (also an executive producer here) and Dornan, who rises to the occasion and gives the best performance of his career as a man struggling to hang on to his sobriety even as he’s dragged through a hell of Los Angeles. Read full review

Troy Patterson

Oct 30, 2018

Dinklage catches the character’s anger, self-pity, and, most importantly, his exuberant recklessness. ... My Dinner with Hervé cannot make a straight-faced claim that Villechaize was an important actor or significant cultural figure, so its own significance depends on the star’s charisma, which lends the proceedings a simple poignance. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Oct 16, 2018

As Danny, Dornan makes a fine and necessarily sweaty foil for Dinklage, though the paralleling of his own ruined work and home life to Villechaize’s never quite works. ... It’s a searing and vulnerable turn from Dinklage. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Oct 16, 2018

It doesn’t do enough to center [Hervé Villechaize's] story, focusing instead on how the star changed a journalist’s life. But it will begin to make you see Villechaize in a new light, not least because of Peter Dinklage’s performance. Dinklage inhabits the late actor’s unique diction and the ballistic energy he brought to his performances and, later, to annihilating himself. It’s a turn that’s sensitively calibrated despite its mania. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 19, 2018

The movie heightens the push-pull between the two men, each in his own way desperate. But it also formularizes the story into standard biopic territory and, like most all-nighters, it grows hazy and repetitive in the middle. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Oct 22, 2018

My Dinner With Hervé exists because two people shared a passion for the story they either lived through (Gervasi) or were inspired by (Dinklage). Unfortunately, so little of whatever sparked their persistent interest makes it to the screen. What’s left are two dudes with varying degrees of moral disrepair shouting at each other across the Hollywood Hills. That’s not enough to hold up an entire feature, or even a good dinner conversation. Read full review

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Izago

Dec 7, 2018

Peter Dinklage o melhor anão de todos, e um grande ator, filme com ótima fotografia, atuações e enredo bons, a história contada por Hervé é triste, interessante, intrigante e de sorte ... Música de abertura grandiosa seguida por boas trilhas sonoras, o filme cumpre bem e honra a história dePeter Dinklage o melhor anão de todos, e um grande ator, filme com ótima fotografia, atuações e enredo bons, a história contada por Hervé é triste, interessante, intrigante e de sorte ... Música de abertura grandiosa seguida por boas trilhas sonoras, o filme cumpre bem e honra a história de Hervé baseada em fatos reais.… Expand

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imthenoob

Jan 16, 2019

Dinklage really shows off his acting chops here and Dornan plays a good supporting role. My Dinner with Herve provides a pretty interesting look into the actor's final days and makes for a compelling watch at times. It does have some pacing issues and I feel it cuts too often between theDinklage really shows off his acting chops here and Dornan plays a good supporting role. My Dinner with Herve provides a pretty interesting look into the actor's final days and makes for a compelling watch at times. It does have some pacing issues and I feel it cuts too often between the past and present but aside from that, It was well worth the watch.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Oct 28, 2018

Despite having the HBO Films quality, in general terms this film is too conventional but it works as a great showcase for Peter Dinklage who continues to show that his talent is enormous.
I know it sounds ridiculous but what kind of roles he would be getting if he didn't suffer fromDespite having the HBO Films quality, in general terms this film is too conventional but it works as a great showcase for Peter Dinklage who continues to show that his talent is enormous.
I know it sounds ridiculous but what kind of roles he would be getting if he didn't suffer from achondroplasia.

But I must also mention that Jamie Dornan surprised me. His performance is not big but he makes it clear that he can do way better things than 50 Shades of Grey.

Watch it, but with obvious reservations.… Expand

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Allanbaxter

Oct 25, 2018

I gave this film two shots at watching it. I was never a big Heve fan, to begin with, but curious to give this movie a shot. For me it was a bust, the scenes move very slowly and I realized. Hey, I don't care enough about this Herve's past to spend my time watching it so i quit watching itI gave this film two shots at watching it. I was never a big Heve fan, to begin with, but curious to give this movie a shot. For me it was a bust, the scenes move very slowly and I realized. Hey, I don't care enough about this Herve's past to spend my time watching it so i quit watching it again. Dinklage does a great job, but this fill still only gets a rating of 3 from me.… Expand

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Season 1

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  Air Date: October 20, 2018
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