Synopsis

Dinner for Schmucks
USA
comedy

The comedy “Dinner for Schmucks” tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first invitation to the ˝dinner for idiots,˝ a monthly event hosted by his boss that promises bragging rights (and maybe more) to the exec that shows up with the biggest buffoon. Tim´s fiancée, Julie, finds it distasteful and Tim agrees to skip the dinner, until he bumps into Barry (Steve Carell) – an IRS employee who devotes his spare time to building elaborate taxidermy mouse dioramas – and quickly realizes he´s struck idiot gold. Tim can´t resist, and invites Barry, whose blundering good intentions soon sends Tim´s life into a frenzied downward spiral and a series of comic misadventures, threatening a major business deal, bringing crazy stalker ex-girlfriend, Darla, back into Tim´s life and driving Julie (or so Tim thinks) into the arms of another man.