# 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:** 151
**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 23, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3002 "2026-04-23T21:11:07Z")
_Waking Ned Devine_ Dead man wins lottery jackpot. _The Banshees of Inisherin_ Friends break up, get depressed. _Darby O’Gill and the Little People_ Guy loses job, befriends faeries. **Movies set in Scotland or Wales** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3003 "2026-04-24T01:17:56Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Movies set in Scotland _Braveheart_ Brave blue face Breaks bad. _Mary Queen of Hearts_ Off with her/my?head! _The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain_ Making Mountains out of WelshHills. **Movies set in the Old South** ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3004 "2026-04-24T02:30:33Z")
(Mary, Queen of Hearts? You mean Mary, Queen of Scots?) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3005 "2026-04-24T02:43:15Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Mary, Queen of Hearts? You mean Mary, Queen of Scots?) Oops. one of the Freudian slips ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3006 "2026-04-24T03:50:01Z")
**Movies set in the Old South** _Gone with the Wind_ Rhett didn’t give a damn _Song of the South_ Disney film now considered offensive _Glory_ Black troops fight racism, rebels It’s my all-time favorite Civil War movie. Next up: **Movies about less-than-great doctors** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3007 "2026-04-24T04:12:44Z")
_The Hospital_ Can Bock hold it together? _Article 99_ Like _MASH_ for Veterans Administration _Lost in Space_ (1998) “Give my regards to oblivion.” Next: **Future examples of medicine and treatment** ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3008 "2026-04-25T07:51:20Z")
_The Andromeda Strain_ Physical exam done by machine? _Altered States_ Sensory deprivation with drug research. _Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ Luke gets a bionic hand. Next: **The Films of Roger Corman** ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3009 "2026-04-25T12:58:52Z")
_House of Usher_ House (family **and** home) crumbles. _The Raven_ Camp horror unrelated to novella. _The Masque of the Red Death (1964)_ Stylish, allegorical descent into fatalism. NEXT: **The films of Harvey Korman** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3010 "2026-04-25T21:22:27Z")
_Lord Love a Duck_ It’s a comedy… I think _Blazing Saddles_ Hedy… or is it Hedley? _Curse of the Pink Panther_ Not deleted from this sequel Next: **Movies with a ‘Harvey’ character** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3011 "2026-04-26T00:21:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Movies with a ‘Harvey’ character _Harvey._ Big Rabbit- is it real? _Suits_ Harvey Spector- Attorney at Law _Harvey_ (1996 film) Cheap Remake- skip this film. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3012 "2026-04-26T02:33:37Z")
Oops, **next- Movies with a non-animated non-dog as the star.** ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3013 "2026-04-26T04:14:08Z")
Um, okay… _Casablanca_ Bogie at his very best _Gladiator_ Crowe kicks ass very entertainingly _Limitless_ Cooper great: writer, junkie, tycoon Next up: **Non-American courtroom dramas** ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3014 "2026-04-26T04:38:05Z")
_Judgment at Nuremberg_ Among Stanley Kramer’s best films. _The Castle_ Australian, fighting against eminent domain. _A Passage to India_ British justice in colonial India. Next: **Films involving gambling** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3015 "2026-04-26T05:12:42Z")
_The Grand_ World Series of Poker mockumentary _The Hangover_ Alan knows how to gamble _The Man With the Golden Arm_ Card dealer fights heroin addiction Next: **More films involving gambling** ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3016 "2026-04-26T15:15:32Z")
_The Sting_ Irish gangster falls for con. _Tombstone_ Wanna duel? I’m your huckleberry. _Rounders_ Kid has devastating poker addiction. **Movies where chess is played** ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3017 "2026-04-26T17:20:38Z")
_The Seventh Seal_ Death: “No one escapes me.” _Searching for Bobby Fischer_ Kid learns chess from vagrants _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ Life sized pieces? No thanks! **Movies involving a dance competition** ---
**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 26, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3018 "2026-04-26T21:18:11Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > _The Seventh Seal_ > Death: “No one escapes me.” OUT OF PLAY: The chess scene in that movie grinds the gears of chess payers because the board is famously set up improperly, with each player having a black square at their bottom right, not a white one. Every time I see chess portrayed in film or TV, I look for mistakes like that (or bishops on same-colored squares or what have you). ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3019 "2026-04-27T07:50:01Z")
**Movies involving a dance competition** _They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?_ Dance marathon takes terrible toll. _Hairspray_ (2007) Little Inez surprises everybody, winning! _Bring It On_ Stop cheering and start dancing! Next: **Disaster Movies of the 1970s** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3020 "2026-04-27T16:14:15Z")
_Towering Inferno_ Too tall to fight fires _Earthquake_ Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on _The Poseidon Adventure_ Celebrate New Years upside down Next: **Movies with a bomb in it** ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3021 "2026-04-28T03:11:13Z")
_Oppenheimer_ Life of Manhattan Project organizer _The Hurt Locker_ Soldier defuses lots of bombs _Speed_ Reeves, Bullock meet cute, dangerously Next up: **More obscure Sandra Bullock movies** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=152)