The most awkward dinner scene in movies
Thanksgiving is about eating and family. It’s the only holiday entirely clear cut. Christmas has presents and Easter has church, but the quality of Thanksgiving is entirely proportional to the quality of food and conversation at the table. Some people love it, others hate it, but most of us seem to think it’s a little awkward. How drunk will Uncle Frank get? Will Grandma burn the turkey? Why does Cousin Walter’s new girlfriend look like a younger version of his mom? These are the questions of highest importance at Thanksgiving. It’s no surprise people rarely remember the ones that go off without a hitch. Looking back, it’s the awful, sit there in stunned silence ones that I truly remember. The same thing could be said about movie scenes.
We rarely remember the filmed dinner scenes that went well. No one talks about the last scene in Planes Trains and Automobiles where, weary from their epic journey, Steve Martin and John Candy have a feast and a few laughs. Instead we talk about eating monkey’s brain soup in Clue or unknowingly having "balls" written on your face in Garden State. So, in honor of Thanksgiving, here’s a clip-filled look at of the best ever awkward dinner scenes. Try not to let them spoil your Thanksgiving, and when you’re done thanking God your little cousins aren’t hopped up on Mountain Dew, let us know what you think by voting in the poll below or suggesting your own scenes in the comment section.
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Say a little prayer for poor Julia Roberts here as her shamelessly flamboyant and utterly fake boyfriend starts an epic singalong.
There’s a difference between dinner sucking for everyone and dinner sucking for just a couple of people. The latter is always worse if you’re part of that sad and sordid lot that’s for whatever reason not down with the overall group sentiment. Julie Roberts is not feeling the chorus. Maybe it’s because her imposter of a boyfriend is chiseling cracks into his heterosexual street cred. Maybe it’s because the man she loves is the only other person not feeling it. Could be, but I like to think it’s because the woman she despises is eating up every minute of the now piano-accompanied choir rendition.
