Let me just say, this is a Tubi movie starring, you guessed it Mrs Netta and Charles. It honestly is a true Tubi movie.
I seen bits of pieces on Tiktok and could not believe it but here it is so I decided to watch it.
The acting is not the greatest and there seems to be no kind of script except Netta’s grandma died and she took out a life insurance policy and no one knew about it.
The granny is pretty much like a ventriloquist. If there was some kind of structure and a little bit more planned out and the acting was tightened up it would not of been as bad as it was. The acting needs to be a lot more than what it is.
It feels like it is more of a YouTube video and a talking video instead of a movie. There is a lot of lack of emotions also and makes it feel as if it is throwed together or rushed. The “Ventriloquist” Granny and Technical Chaos The plot supposedly centers on a family matriarch passing away and leaving behind a secret life insurance policy, but the production value is the real story here. The “grandmother” character appears to be wearing a Spirit Halloween mask; her body moves, but her mouth remains frozen while a mismatched voice-over plays. It’s less Soul Food and more “ventriloquist horror.”
The technical blunders don’t stop there. Ring lights are visible in the window reflections, the audio fluctuates between whispers and ear-splitting peaks, and “smoke effects” for a burnt dinner look like they were added in a free smartphone app.
The part where Netta appears lacks so much especially when she is trying to figure out who the girl is taking care of her grandmother. In the beginning and end—scenes clearly shot much later to pad the runtime—the main character “Netta” (played by Joe Robinson) is wearing the exact same outfit but is missing the wig. In a final slip-up that truly defines the production, another character actually calls her “Joe” on camera, and they just… kept it in the final cut.
Inscripted-feeling dialogue and the romance that materializes out of nowhere, Dinner at the Parkers feels like a viral skit that accidentally became a feature film. It’s “trash” in the most entertaining way possible—a 1.3/10 that you have to see to believe, but you’ll definitely want your 51 minutes back afterward.
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