# 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:** 154
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3062 "2026-05-18T01:09:03Z")
_My Own Private Idaho_ Life happens to gay hustlers _Paris, Texas_ Home’s where you find it _Gangs of New York_ Civil War era Manhattan gangs **Movies set in a college town** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3063 "2026-05-18T04:55:58Z")
_Drumline_ HBCU bands battle on field _Good Will Hunting_ Southie gets job at Hahvahd _Animal House_ University of Oregon as backdrop Next: **Prep school movies** ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3064 "2026-05-18T06:20:15Z")
_She’s the Man_ Inspired by Shakespeare’s _Twelfth Night._ _The Holdovers_ Stuck at school for Christmas. _Dead Poets Society_ Seize the day. _Carpe diem!_ Next: **Movies set all or partly in an elementary school** ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3065 "2026-05-18T13:44:06Z")
_School of Rock_ “Rock star” teaches snooty kids. _Billy Madison_ Dumb layabout speedruns elementary school. _Kindergarten Cop_ Kid explains penises and vaginas. **Movies set all or partially in a (public/state) high school** ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3066 "2026-05-18T17:06:13Z")
_Grease_ Rydell greasers, Pink Ladies bond _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ Sean Penn is film’s standout _Back to the Future_ “Under the Sea” dance finale Next up: **Movies set at military academies** ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3067 "2026-05-18T17:22:27Z")
_Taps_ Timothy Hutton versus condo developers _Toy Soldiers_ Wil Wheaton, Sean Astin, terrorists _The West Point Story (1950_ Cadets put on a show! **Movies with both human and animated characters** ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3068 "2026-05-18T17:37:42Z")
_Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ Human and toon save Toontown. _Mary Poppins_ 2-D folks join Mary, kids. _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ Witch, kids travel to Naboombu. **Movies that reference Nazis but aren’t war 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:** [May 18, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3069 "2026-05-18T17:53:09Z")
_Triumph of the Will_ Misapplied genius; Leni Riefenstahl’s masterpiece _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ Wrath of God smites them _The Blues Brothers_ Hate those damn Illinois Nazis! Next up: **Propaganda 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:** [May 19, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3070 "2026-05-19T13:36:24Z")
_Reefer Madness_ Cannabis will make you insane! _The Birth of a Nation_ The KKK! Our White Saviors!!! _Animal Farm_ The CIA bought the rights. **Stoner Comedies** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3071 "2026-05-20T01:46:37Z")
_Pineapple Express_ The car just committed suicide! _Half Baked_ Meet Sir Smoke-A-lot, rap star _Up In Smoke_ Meet Pedro and The Man Next: **More Cheech and Chong 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:** [May 20, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3072 "2026-05-20T19:34:55Z")
_After Hours_ Little bit, at the end. _Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers_ No blunts in sight. Crap! _Yellowbeard_ El Segundo y El Nebuloso **Movies featuring Machete** ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3073 "2026-05-20T20:08:42Z")
_Spy Kids_ Tame(r) character in first appearance _Grindhouse_ Tougher guy in fake trailer _Machete_ A fully-realized vengeful Mexican badass Next up: **Non-British costume dramas** ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3074 "2026-05-20T20:53:52Z")
_Gone With the Wind_ Woman navigates Civil War, Reconstruction. _Little Women_ Girls navigate Civil War, poverty. _Russian Ark_ One single take, no edits! **Non-Bollywood movies that involve South Asians** ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3075 "2026-05-21T03:53:03Z")
_Lives of a Bengal Lancer_ Gary Cooper preserves imperial presence _A Passage to India_ Imperialism never looked so gorgeous _The Jungle Book_ Mowgli learns animal life lessons **Movies about America from a foreigner’s POV** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3076 "2026-05-21T05:36:56Z")
_Red Heat_ Ahnold is a Soviet cop _Crocodile Dundee_ “It’s for washing your backside!” _Borat_ Manages to offend almost everyone Next: **Movies with Sacha Baron Cohen** ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3077 "2026-05-21T09:52:39Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > _The Birth of a Nation_ > The KKK! Our White Saviors!!! Disagree-- The film unfortunately revived the pretty much dead Klan at the time, but that was not Griffith’s _intent_ in making it. He thought he was making a movie about history. He was short-sighted and wrong, but not a propagandist for the Klan. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3078 "2026-05-21T13:18:03Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Disagree-- The film unfortunately revived the pretty much dead Klan at the time, but that was not Griffith’s _intent_ in making it. He thought he was making a movie about history. He was short-sighted and wrong, but not a propagandist for the Klan. Whether Griffith intended it is irrelevant, IMHO. Accidental propaganda is still propaganda. But that’s a discussion for another thread. I do appreciate your point of view. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3079 "2026-05-21T13:21:22Z")
**Movies with Sacha Baron Cohen** _Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_ “Say ‘I like thin pancakes!’” _Les Miserables_ Christ, Russell Crowe can’t sing! _Bruno_ Borat but gay and Austrian. **Movies of Christopher Guest** ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3080 "2026-05-22T13:34:00Z")
_Waiting for Guffman_ Small town puts on play. _A Mighty Wind_ A one-off folk revival concert. _Best in Show_ Weird world of pet shows. **Movies about dads** ---
**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:** [May 23, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/3081 "2026-05-23T04:15:00Z")
_Logan_ Aging Wolverine learns something big _Father of the Bride_ Sometimes love means letting go _The Road_ Father, son try to survive Next up: **Movies about moms** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=155)