# comedy movies for an 11 year old boy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214 "2003-12-20T21:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/41 "2003-12-22T22:19:32Z")
I’ll second the votes for **The Great Race** and **The Court Jester**. For 11-year olds and adults, you can’t get much funnier than those. My 13 year old son and I can recite almost both scripts back and forth, and we only started when he was 10. except for one _slightly_ rude moment (easily missed by an 11 year old) I heartily reccomend **Galaxy Quest** our entire extended family (age range 4 - 43 years old) watched it on Thanksgiving and even my wife and her sister, who despise Sci-Fi and all things Star-Trek, were laughing and enjoyed it. My cynical media-saturated kid also loved the recent **Little Rascals** film festival we had. **The Three Stooges** forget the movies, stick with the shorts. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/42 "2003-12-23T01:03:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*I feel I should warn **vanilla** that _Animal House_ contains some co-ed nudity. Might want to steer clear of that for a few more years. \*\* THAT one I am aware of. I paid to see it 4 times. He likes stupid,fart like humor. he loved Johnny English. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/43 "2003-12-23T02:09:58Z")
_Meatballs_ Contrary to what you may have heard, THERE WERE NO SEQUELS TO THIS MOVIE! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/44 "2003-12-23T02:30:06Z")
Damn, how could I forget _Meatballs_? I was about 11 when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![MIKE\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/45 "2003-12-23T03:30:49Z")
Here are some of my suggestions: Bean: The Movie (If he liked JE, then he’ll definately love this) [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118689/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118689/) Super Mario Bros. Very cheesy, but I love it, one of my favorite guilty pleasures. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/) Hot Shots: Part Deux Very funny spoof comedy, though there is some sexual jokes but no nudity. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0107144/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0107144/) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/46 "2003-12-24T04:32:03Z")
none of these movies were at the libraryso we decided to try Dr.Doolittle 2. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/47 "2003-12-24T17:15:21Z")
Robin Williams keeps it pretty clean. I just loved **Moscow on the Hudson**. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/48 "2003-12-24T18:05:01Z")
Hearty seconds for **UHF** (it will be the single funniest movie on the face of the earth, if only for the one line that is hollered when the karate-chopping assistants fly out of the closet) and **Clue** (a little more highbrow but very funy), and if you’re feeling lucky, try out **Arsenic and Old Lace**. **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** is probably a little mature for an 11-year-old. I loved the movie, but it was only really hysterically funny after I’d been in high school for a while and understood the “angst” of both Ferris and Cameron. **The Princess Bride** is a nice counterpoint to **UHF**. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/49 "2003-12-24T18:22:30Z")
How about **Strange Brew**? I freaking loved this movie as a youngster and, if I remember correctly, it is pretty clean. Oh ya, I second or third the **Meatballs** suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/50 "2003-12-24T20:41:18Z")
[**Dirty Rotten Scoundrels**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0095031/) ---
**Author:** ![A\_Curious\_Writer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@A\_Curious\_Writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Curious_Writer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214/51 "2003-12-24T20:50:12Z")
I saw Arsenic and Old Lace at the theater twice and it was hilarious! I saw the movie too, and it was good, but nothing beats seeing this one live. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-for-an-11-year-old-boy/220214.md?page=2)