The last few days of the life of actor Herve Villechaize of “Fantasy Island” fame are vividly depicted in “My Dinner With Herve.” Impressive performances by Peter Dinklage as Villechaize and Jamie Dornan as a journalist who interviewed him at dinner convincingly transforms this movie from a mere celebrity biopic to a great film.
Tight direction by Sacha Gervasi (“Hitchcock” 2012) helps out; he also wrote the screenplay. Dinklage served as one of the producers of this film that premiered on HBO in October of 2018. Co-stars include Andy Garcia as Ricardo Montalban, Mark Umbers as Roger Moore, Mark Povinelli as Billy Barty, Helena Mattsson as Britt Ekland, Wallace Langham as Aaron Spelling, Robert Curtis Brown as Merv Griffin, as well as Oona Chapman, David Strathairn, Mireille Enos, Harriet Walter, Daniel Mays.
My Dinner With Herve (2018)
cinema
My Review
The last few days of the life of actor Herve Villechaize of “Fantasy Island” fame are vividly depicted in “My Dinner With Herve.” Impressive performances by Peter Dinklage as Villechaize and Jamie Dornan as a journalist who interviewed him at dinner convincingly transforms this movie from a mere celebrity biopic to a great film.
Tight direction by Sacha Gervasi (“Hitchcock” 2012) helps out; he also wrote the screenplay. Dinklage served as one of the producers of this film that premiered on HBO in October of 2018. Co-stars include Andy Garcia as Ricardo Montalban, Mark Umbers as Roger Moore, Mark Povinelli as Billy Barty, Helena Mattsson as Britt Ekland, Wallace Langham as Aaron Spelling, Robert Curtis Brown as Merv Griffin, as well as Oona Chapman, David Strathairn, Mireille Enos, Harriet Walter, Daniel Mays.