# 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:** 146
**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:** [March 7, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2902 "2026-03-07T04:25:37Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > _To Be or Not to Be_ (942) > Appreciated later; lacked marketing budget. To be fair, “marketing” was not all that well understood back then. Or “budgets,” come to think of it… **Movies made before the end of WWII** _Casablanca_ Still my very favorite film. _Went the Day Well?_ In 1942, anticipated Hitler’s death _How Green Was My Valley_ Welsh mining village endures setbacks. Returning to **Spoons** ’s earlier suggestion: **Films of Michael Caine** ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2903 "2026-03-07T06:08:47Z")
_Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ Slick con men get schooled _Half Moon Street_ Sigourney Weaer naked? Hell yeah! _Blame It on Rio_ Thought Michelle Johnston’d hit bigger. **The film oeuvre of Pauley Shore** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2904 "2026-03-07T07:31:44Z")
I’m ashamed I know of at least three Pauley Shore movies. _Encino Man_ Me, caveman. You, dumbass. Ha! _Son in Law_ Wild, crazy, stupid… that’s Pauley! _How It Ends_ Oh, if it were true. Let’s try for a bit of class: **Films of Julianne Moore** ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2905 "2026-03-08T04:46:40Z")
_Tales from the Darkside: The Movie_ Her screen debut, in 1990 _The Big Lebowski_ Cool ginger seduces the Dude _Boogie Nights_ Porn starlet has motherly side Next up: **The film oeuvre of John Goodman** ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2906 "2026-03-08T05:35:23Z")
_King Ralph_ Actually, a pretty good King. _Revenge of the Nerds_ “Go live in the gym!” _Blues Brothers 2000_ Mighty Mack sings the blues. Next: **Films of Audrey Hepburn** ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2907 "2026-03-08T08:54:23Z")
_True Stories_ Plays the scary Texas husband. _Punchline_ Plays the scary Texas husband. _Sea of Love_ Police detective gets some strange. **Films featuring Giancarlo Esposito** ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2908 "2026-03-08T09:24:50Z")
Umm .. @Horatio_Hellpop? … we’ve moved on past John Goodman. And who the hell is Giancarlo Esposito? I know Phil Esposito and Tony Esposito (hockey players), but … well, I’ll shut up now. This thread has been dormified before, with prompts that are too obscure. Suggest that you either change your prompt to something we all understand, or well … something we all understand. Esposito? Hockey players for Chicago. Actors, they ain’t. Like, is Giancarlo, Phil or Tony’s brother or something? Tells you a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2909 "2026-03-08T11:29:27Z")
Sorry I missed Audrey Hepburn, she wasn’t visible when I made my post. Seems odd, that post went up three hours before mine, but I’m not posting from America and these things happen. Who is [Giancarlo Esposito](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002064/?ref_=fn_t_1)? Well, that’s what IMDB is for. He is quite famous as the main bad guy in _Breaking Bad_. His films include _Bob Roberts, School Daze, Disney’s Stargirl,_ and he is being considered for numerous Marvel roles including Magneto and Professor Xavier. This is one of the more in-demand character actors in Hollywood at the moment, not exactly obscure. Again, sorry I missed Audrey Hepburn, a big personal favorite, you can go ahead and dip into her filmography if you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2910 "2026-03-08T18:56:44Z")
I know Giancarlo Esposito from two roles: Gus of _Breaking Bad_ and Buggin’ Out of _Do the Right Thing._ Two very opposite roles. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls74fdbxpk1qzynteo1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls74fdbxpk1qzynteo1_500.jpg) **Films of Audrey Hepburn** _Roman Holiday_ Princess cavorts with tabloid reporter _The Nun’s Story_ Spoiled girl enters a convent _Wait Until Dark_ Turns tables on home invaders Next: **Surprise cameos by A-list actors** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2911 "2026-03-09T09:02:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Next: **Surprise cameos by A-list actors** _The Searchers_ (Mae Marsh) Silent mega-star is women’s jailer. _Sunset Boulevard_ (young Gloria Swanson) Unreleased Swanson becomes archive Desmond.\* _Airplane!_ (Barbara Billingsley) Beaver’s mom can translate jive. \*Footage from an as-yet-un edited, unreleased, Swanson film called _Queen Kelly_, was used for the old films of herself Norma obsessionally watches. 36 years after _Sunset Boulevard_, _Queen Kelly_ was finally edited and released. It was directed by the actor who plays the butler/valet in _Sunset Boulevard_. NEXT: Spike Lee films ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2912 "2026-03-09T14:26:16Z")
**Spike Lee Films** _Do The Right Thing_ Race riot at pizza place. _BlacKKKlansman_ Black reporter infiltrates the Klan. _Bamboozled_ Actor brings back Minstrel shows. NEXT: Movies with memorable fight scenes. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2913 "2026-03-09T14:47:37Z")
**Movies with memorable fight scenes.** _Mortal Kombat_ (1995) Cage does splits, punches nuts _Top Secret_ Big fight in underwater saloon _The Quiet Man_ Duking it out throughout countryside Next: **St. Patrick’s Day movies** ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2914 "2026-03-10T13:20:09Z")
_The Guard_ Irish movie without Colm Meaney. _The Boys and Girl of County Clare_ Dirty damn hippies, Andrea Corr _The Magdalene Sisters_ More recent than you think. **Movies you never want to watch a second time** ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2915 "2026-03-10T14:51:20Z")
**Movies you never want to watch a second time** _Cape Fear (1991 version)_ Shows sexual assault of tween. _Titanic_ Appalling apathy towards poor people. _Schindler’s List_ Just so horribly, dreadfully depressing. **Movies that take place in a prison** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2916 "2026-03-10T17:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Movies that take place in a prison _Caged_ Young innocent becomes hardened criminal. _The Shawshank Redemption_ Good planning requires time, patience. _The Man in the Iron Mask_ Prisoner disguised because [spoiler alert] NEXT: **Genres that usually feature men featuring women** (ie, Westerns, road trips, cop/detective stories) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2917 "2026-03-10T18:41:20Z")
**Genres that usually feature men featuring women** (ie, Westerns, road trips, cop/detective stories) _The Quick and the Dead_ Female gunslinger rides into town _Ocean’s Eight_ Buddy heist with eye candy _Ghostbusters_ (2016) Remake no one asked for Next: **More movie remakes** ---
**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:** [March 10, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2918 "2026-03-10T21:39:22Z")
_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ Confession: I prefer American remake _The Count of Monte Cristo_ 2002 remake was pretty good _Ben-Hur_ 2016 remake crashed and burned Next up: **Movies they just might remake… but you really hope they won’t** ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2919 "2026-03-13T13:59:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Movies they just might remake… but you really hope they won’t **Movies they just might remake… but you really hope they won’t** _Clue_ Ryan Reynolds attached; Go Wrexham! _Scarface_ Even Coen Brothers can’t succeed. _Fantastic Voyage_ James Cameron’s working on it. NEXT: **Deus ex machina: Movies in which God/ a god makes an appearance (humorously or otherwise)** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2920 "2026-03-13T16:00:44Z")
**Deus ex machina: Movies in which God/ a god makes an appearance** (humorously or otherwise) _Oh, God!_ George Burns’ wisecracking, cigar-smoking deity _Dogma_ Alanis Morissette does god-like handstands _Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail_ God appears to the knights Next: **Non-animated movies with animated segments** ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2921 "2026-03-13T16:54:42Z")
**Non-animated movies with animated segments** _Nine to Five_ Women smoke weed, have visions. _Mary Poppins_ Journey to a magical park _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ Why less popular than Mary? NEXT: **Animated movies that are not for children.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=147)