The first hour of the movie was spent establishing Steve Carell as a Schmuck. The plot was bad and there were some very untalented actors that were cast in the roles. Or maybe the roles were so bad that the actors couldn't do much with them. Hard to say. In either case, it made for a difficult watch. I would call it a stupid movie because it lacked a comedic approach. I was forced by my wife to walk out before we were able to watch the actual dinner scene that was in all of the trailers. I thought the movie lacked a good script, decent acting and commen sense. However, I will say that I thought that the writers did try to create charachters that you haven't seen in other movies.