
A look at the life of French actor Hervé Villechaize, co-star of the hit '70s TV series Fantasy Island (1977), who took his own life in 1993 at the age of 50.... (Full plot summary below)
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A look at the life of French actor Hervé Villechaize, co-star of the hit '70s TV series Fantasy Island (1977), who took his own life in 1993 at the age of 50.
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| New YorkerTroy PattersonMy 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. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfGervasi steers clear of farcical intent, which surprises, instead trying to find the strangeness and sincerity in this meeting of broken men. |
| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Deborah RossDinklage is superb, not just peeling back Villechaize layer by layer, but conveying simultaneously a man who was manipulative and aggressive...but also lonely and vulnerable and plain sad. |
| Herald Sun (Australia)Leigh PaatschThis fine HBO-produced biopic of the late Herve Villechaize has been a passion project for Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage for several years. |
| GuardianLucy ManganVillechaize as written is a glorious part - poignant as he wrestles with the limitations placed on him by others and infuriating as he spurns the help of those trying to save him from himself - even if it was far less fun in real life. |
| IGN MoviesMatt FowlerPeter Dinklage gives a memorable and moving showing as the very sad and regretful Villechaize. He may even be an Emmy lock already. |
| The PlaylistWarren CantrellEngaging, funny, insightful, and in possession of Dinklage's best work since The Station Agent, My Dinner With Hervé is a reservation one shouldn't pass up. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden[Dinklage's] remarkable wordless reaction is at once sheepish, knowing, proud and embarrassed. Like a well-shot arrow, that instant of self-awareness pierces the uneven narrative, straight to the broken heart. |
| Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)Asia FreyTo see Dinklage bring such humanity and pathos to such a complexly unhappy character was the most profound aspect of the film. |
| CNN.comBrian LowryThe jokey-sounding title does a bit of a disservice to My Dinner With Herve, an HBO movie worth seeing solely for Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage's portrayal of Herve Villechaize. |