Anyone who keeps up with modern literature is familiar with the concept of the unreliable narrator, the subjective storyteller who is gradually revealed to be manipulating the narrative by means of deception or delusion. In Oren Moverman's The Dinner, it's not just the characters who can't be trusted; it's the story itself, a fragmented, scrambled narrative that refuses to settle down for a minute.…
Anyone who keeps up with modern literature is familiar with the concept of the unreliable narrator, the subjective storyteller who is gradually revealed to be manipulating the narrative by means of deception or delusion. In Oren Moverman's The Dinner, it's not just the characters who can't be trusted; it's the story itself, a fragmented, scrambled narrative that refuses to settle down for a minute.…