# Five-Word Movie Review **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494 "2014-02-04T16:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/221 "2014-02-13T16:32:17Z")
_Breaker Morant_ My favorite military (in)justice movie. _A Few Good Men_ Nicholson quite avidly chews scenery. _The Verdict_ Ambulance chaser seeks, finds redemption. Next: Law-related comedies. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/222 "2014-02-13T17:17:49Z")
_Liar, Liar_ Lawyer can’t lie? THE HORROR!!! _My Cousin Vinny_ What the heck’s a “yoot”? _Defending Your Life_ Shirley MacLaine = Best. Cameo. Ever. Next: Meryl Streep movies ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/223 "2014-02-13T17:44:27Z")
**Meryl Streep movies** _Death Becomes Her_ Her head’s twisted around backwards! \*Julie & Julia \* I’d swear Child’s was re-animated _Kramer vs Kramer_ Hoffman, don’t throw that champagne! Next: **Jon Voight movies** ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/224 "2014-02-13T19:10:46Z")
**Jon Voight movies** _Midnight Cowboy_ It sucks to be poor. _Anaconda_ Worst Spanish accents since Scarface. _Rosewood_ Savage race riots shame America. Next: **Prison Break Movies** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/225 "2014-02-13T19:18:27Z")
**Prison Break Movies** _The Great Escape_ Good movie, better theme music. _The Count of Monte Cristo_ Chateau d’If cannot hold him! _Escape from New York_ Snake gets President out, but… Mext: _Jerry Lewis movies._ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/226 "2014-02-14T01:50:57Z")
_The Nutty Professor_ He did it before Eddie. _The Bellboy_ The first movie Lewis directed. _The Day the Clown Cried_ It remains truly, irrevocably unspeakable. Next: Dean Martin movies. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/227 "2014-02-14T15:46:27Z")
Dean Martin movies. _ **Airport** _ Loony detonates bomb on airliner. _ **Bandolero** _ Confederate veteran becomes Western outlaw. _ **Ocean’s Eleven** _ Rat Pack robs Vegas casinos. New: Black & White films from 1960 or later. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/228 "2014-02-14T15:59:40Z")
\*\*Black & White films from 1960 or later. \*\* _Manhattan_ Woody Allen loves New York. _The Man With Bogart’s Face_ …but not his acting ability. _Frankenweenie_ Stop-motion remake, box office flop. Next: **Movies with wild animals.** ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/229 "2014-02-14T16:02:01Z")
**Black & White films from 1960 or later** _Night of the Living Dead_ Romero’s first classic still scares. _Ed Wood_ Even “B” movies require effort. _Sin City_ The most faithful comic adaptation. Next: **Movies with wild animals** ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/230 "2014-02-14T17:27:31Z")
**Movies with wild animals** _Grizzly Man_ Bear enthusiast meets grizzly end _Madagascar_ Zoo animals make great escape _Piranha 3D_ Dangerous fish and large breasts Next: _Movies about (American) football_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/231 "2014-02-14T18:32:29Z")
**Movies about American football:** _Heaven Can Wait:_ Death can’t stop a player. _Invincible:_ Ordinary Joe makes pro team. _The Longest Yard:_ You’ll boo guards; cheer inmates. Next: **High School movies.** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/232 "2014-02-14T18:36:09Z")
**High School Movies** _Grease_ Fifties drama with hit songs. _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ This film’s about… anyone? anyone? _Rock ‘n’ Roll High School_ Monster Mouse gets blown up. Next: **Kevin Smith films.** ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/233 "2014-02-14T18:46:59Z")
_Clerks_ My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks! _Clerks II_ “Aw, I miss my donkey…” _Dogma_ Alanis Morissette as God? Whatever. Next: Movies written by or based on plays by David Mamet. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/234 "2014-02-14T20:31:53Z")
_Glengarry Glen Ross_ Real estate biz really sucks. _American Buffalo_ Thieves are hateful people, too. \* Phil Spector\* Bigshot producer is probably murderer. Next: Relatively accurate movies about U.S. history. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/235 "2014-02-14T21:40:34Z")
**Relatively accurate movies about U.S. history** _12 Years a Slave_ A saddening account of man’s inhumanity. _I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang_ Injustices of prison system revealed. _Letters from Iwo Jima_ Great direction enhances faithful script. Next: **Remakes that are better than the original** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/236 "2014-02-14T23:42:02Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > **Relatively accurate movies about U.S. history** > > _12 Years a Slave_ > > A saddening account of man’s inhumanity… That’s six words. Remakes that are better than the original: _Pride & Prejudice_ Better acting, music and cinematography. _Batman_ Keaton surprisingly good as crimefighter. _Let Me In_ Remake just a little better. Next: Movies set in Scandinavia. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/237 "2014-02-15T00:51:53Z")
\*\*Movies set in Scandinavia. \*\* _I’ll Take Sweden_ Bob Hope is too old. _I Am Curious (Yellow)_ Socialist philosophy and some nudity. _Erik the Viking_ Python players, but it’s dull. Next: **Talking animal films.** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/238 "2014-02-15T02:07:53Z")
_Babe_ Pig has some species issues. _Charlotte’s Web_ Smart spider inspires doughty pig. _Runaway Ralph_ Mouse, motorcycle save the day. Next: James Bond movies before 1975. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/239 "2014-02-15T02:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s six words. My bad. I kinda rushed through the last post. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/240 "2014-02-15T03:27:35Z")
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