Being a fan of Fantasy Island I was keen to catch My Dinner with Herve as the in-flight movie. What I found more entertaining were the James Bond and Fantasy Island reconstructions and the background to Herve's involvement. Quite sad was the realization that Herve let his parents down with the Bond appearance.

Jamie Dornan is reasonable in the role as the journalist but I would have preferred Danny Dyer to be cast to add a sharp edge.

Peter Dinklage gives a stellar performance as Herve'. This film is classic start to finish.

My reason for the 7 stars is because I couldn't understand the dialog of Herve'. Dinklage put too much into the accent of Herve' and I missed alot of what that character had to say.

Otherwise it's a wonderful movie !

It's 1993 London. Danny Tate (Jamie Dornan) is one month clean and sober. His editor takes him back to do a hatchet job on Gore Vidal and a small comedic takedown of Hervé Villechaize (Peter Dinklage) who is long past his success from Fantasy Island and James Bond. His ex Katie refuses to give him another chance. He goes to L.A. to do the interviews. No one has interviewed Villechaize for 10 years and he suggests a great final story to make Danny's career. Villechaize would kill himself after the interview.

Peter Dinklage disappears into this role which is daunting since he's such an unique person. Jamie Dornan has not done anything quite this good. It goes a long way to redeeming himself for the Fifty Shades movies. The story is not a new one for Hollywood but it's told so very well. It is heart-wrenchingly sad and redemptively uplifting. This is a very good HBO movie.