Melvin Goes to Dinner

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Melvin Goes to Dinner ★★ 2003 (R)

Joey (Price) invites Melvin (Blieden) and Alex (Courtney) to dinner as a way of catching up; they are also unexpectedly joined by Alex's friend Sarah (Gurwitch). Since each person is a stranger to at least one other person at the table, there's a certain awkwardness at first, but then the conversation (often confessional) starts to flow. Oh, and despite the title, the characters are not actually shown dining, so at least you won't get hungry, although all the talking may make you sleepy. 83m/C VHS, DVD . Michael Blieden, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Price, Annabelle Gurwitch, Maura Tierney; D: Bob Odenkirk; W: Michael Blieden; C: Alex Vendler; M: Michael Penn.