During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...
从影评人到普通观众，《晚餐的约定》得到了各界的广泛关注和讨论。影评人们称赞其在情节设计和人物刻画上的巨大突破。
《晚餐的约定》该片讲述了少女一路与命运的抗争，最终找到自我，也收获纯真情缘的故事。电影延续原著原剧，准备唤起全民对这段师徒虐恋的追剧回忆。
没有精心搭建的造景、没有靠灯光营造的氛围，更没有强情节、快节奏、多反转的人造戏剧元素
大自然是人物的舞台，人在自然中“自然”地生存着，人与自然浑然一体。草原、河流、山峦、羊群、马匹、与人的生存状态，水乳交融地构成和还原了一种原生态关系。
