That's just the opening round in this bout of benign idiocy, directed by Hollywood yukmeister Jay Roach.

If you're a glass-half-empty type, you'll say Dinner for Schmucks doesn't measure up to its acerbic source of inspiration, Francis Veber's 1998 French hit Le dîner de cons (The Dinner Game)..

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/07/29/f-dinner-for-schmucks-review.html