# 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:** 149
**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 29, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2962 "2026-03-29T16:04:30Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Big-budget movies based on folk tales > > _Snow White and the Seven Dwarves_ > Originally flop; almost bankrupted Disney. Hmm. Per Wiki: “_Snow White_ premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on December 21, 1937, and went into general release in the United States on February 4, 1938. Despite initial doubts from the film industry, it was a critical and commercial success, with international earnings of more than $8 million during its initial release against a $1.5 million production cost, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1938, and briefly holding the record of the highest-grossing sound film of all time. It was also the highest-grossing animated film for 55 years…” From here: [Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)#) ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2963 "2026-03-31T13:20:37Z")
OK, I’ll do my own to keep the thread moving. **Movies that tanked at the box office but have since done well on home video/streaming.** _The Big Lebowski_ Slacker stoner roped into caper. _The Shawshank Redemption_ Innocent man escapes from prison. _A Christmas Story_ Kid wants gun for Christmas **So-bad-they’re-good movies** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2964 "2026-03-31T17:31:52Z")
**So-bad-they’re-good movies** _Plan 9 From Outer Space_ The worst of the best _Refer Madness_ Documentary turned accidental cult classic _Commando_ Ah-nold delivers his best one-liners Next: **More ‘So-bad-they’re-good’ 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:** [April 1, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2965 "2026-04-01T15:27:41Z")
_Redneck Zombies_ The 90s Troma wave’s origin _Mondo New York_ Before Times Square got Disneyfied _Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer_ Michael Rooker wasn’t always Yondu **Big stars before they were big stars** ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2966 "2026-04-01T16:17:14Z")
**Big stars before they were big stars** _Leprechaun_ Aniston stars in B-Horror film. _Bachelor Party_ Hanks gets drunk at stag-do. _The Professional_ Portman befriends reluctant mob hitman. **More big stars before they were big stars.** ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2967 "2026-04-02T10:22:59Z")
_Little Shop of Horrors (original)_ Jack Nicholson, sounding very different _Uncle Buck_ Macauley Culkin made an impression _Tootsie_ Geena Davis flashed before us **Comedies you didn’t think were very funny** ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2968 "2026-04-03T04:10:09Z")
_Best in Show_ Hated Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard _Paul Blart: Mall Cop_ Meh from start to finish _Bowfinger_ Eddie, Steve can’t polish turd Next up: **Movies that exceeded your expectations** ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2969 "2026-04-04T21:35:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Movies that exceeded your expectations _Ringer_ (2005) Special Olympics harder than appears. _Shallow Hal_ Exceeded, considering very, very low. _Slaves of New York_ Everybody hated it but me. NEXT: **Movies that sorely disappointed you** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2970 "2026-04-04T22:19:29Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Movies that sorely disappointed you _Pizza Movie_ I can’t even begin here _Wonder Woman 1984_ The dead should remain dead _Black Adam_ Hero? Villain? I don’t know Next: **More movies that disappoint** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2971 "2026-04-05T00:04:33Z")
**More movies that disappoint** _Black Panther_ Bored senseless after fifteen minutes. _The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_ I expected better from Jackson. _Casablanca_ Was bored the entire time. **Movies from Australia or New Zealand** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2972 "2026-04-05T00:31:27Z")
_Heavenly Creatures_ Sinister teenage girls kill Mum _On The Beach_ Nuclear war survivors in submarine\* _Young Einstein_ Technically hilarious, I am told. **“What if superheroes existed in the real world?” Non-super people play at being superheroes** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2973 "2026-04-05T04:28:01Z")
_Mystery Men_ Their “blind date with destiny” _Kick-Ass_ Every teenage boy’s dream, kinda _Watchmen_ Averting World War III? Sure! Next up: **Movies about stupid wars** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2974 "2026-04-05T14:02:12Z")
_Apocalypse Now -_ Vietnam Meditation on horrors of war. _The Hurt Locker -_ Iraq Soldier is addicted to war. _Tumbledown -_ Falkland Islands Society struggles to accept veteran. **Movies with minimal plot / or in which the plot isn’t the point** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2975 "2026-04-05T19:42:41Z")
_My Dinner with Andre_ Two chums eat, talk, talk… _Koyaanisqatsi_ Earth: glorious, squalid, chaotic _Empire_ Empire State Building: 8+ hours! I think Andy Warhol [was just messing with us.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1965_film)) Pass. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2976 "2026-04-06T18:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > More Movies with minimal plot / or in which the plot isn’t the point _The Atomic Cafe_ Narrative-free documentary about the bomb. _Return of the Secaucus 7_ 70s radicals are less radical. _Napoleon Dynamite_ What happened to his parents? NEXT: **Movies where a very minor character is extremely important** ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2977 "2026-04-08T09:47:48Z")
_To Kill a Mockingbird_ Boo Radley killed that creep! _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ Chief Bromden narrated the book _or_ Chief Bromden: Kind of pivotal… _The Man with Two Brains_ “Oh my god! Merv Griffin!” **Movies where the title character is unseen.** ---
**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:** [April 9, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2978 "2026-04-09T04:10:08Z")
_Charlie’s Angels_ Quite the private chap, really _Waiting for Godot_ Should be here any minute! _Jezebel_ Her name’s actually Julie Marsden Next up: **Your least-favorite movies** ---
**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:** [April 11, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2979 "2026-04-11T13:35:59Z")
**Your least-favorite movies** _Rebel Without a Cause_ Dean’s histrionic acting! Jesus Christ. _The Passion of the Christ_ Mom begged me for months. _Casablanca_ I don’t get the fuss. **Movies with no, or minimal, dialogue** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2980 "2026-04-11T17:00:01Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Movies with no, or minimal, dialogue _Quest For Fire_ Early ancestors learn to survive _All Is Lost_ Man survives harrowing sea ordeals _Cast Away_ Lost man bonds with volleyball Nest: **Silent films** _(before ‘talkies’)_ ---
**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:** [April 12, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2981 "2026-04-12T04:24:20Z")
_Wings_ Won first Best Picture Oscar _Safety Last!_ Very funny Harold Lloyd film _City Lights_ Touching Charlie Chaplin tragic romance Next up: **Movies with annoying sidekicks** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=150)