# 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:** 36
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/701 "2014-05-05T15:02:27Z")
**Black Comedies.** _Harold and Maude_ Morbid dude meets old dame. _Eating Raoul_ Cannibalism has never been funnier. _Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You In The Closet And I’m Feeling So Sad_ The stage version is better. Next: **Billy Barty movies.** ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/702 "2014-05-05T15:19:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Billy Barty movies: _The Bride of Frankenstein_: Sadly, his part was cut. _Nothing Sacred_: Billed: Boy Biting Wally’s Ankle. _Gold Diggers of 1933_: Played a baby yet again. Next: teenage angst has a body count ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/703 "2014-05-05T15:31:49Z")
German expressionist movies _Nosferatu_ Still scary vampire, tops _Dracula_ _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ Painted shadows, bizarre set design \*The Golem: or How He Came into the World \* German Jews briefly defend themselves ---
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/704 "2014-05-05T17:30:38Z")
…and the next topic is? ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/705 "2014-05-05T18:08:30Z")
Next: \*\*teenage angst has a body count \*\* I’m not sure where the German Expressionism interlude came from. Maybe it got skipped way back due to a double post, or something. ---
**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 5, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/706 "2014-05-05T19:39:55Z")
_Jennifer’s Body_ Demon munches on dumb jocks. _Heathers_ Killer croquet game, my dear. _Brick_ High schoolers play cheap detective. Next: Adam Arkin movies. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/707 "2014-05-06T03:43:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > … > I’m not sure where the German Expressionism interlude came from. Maybe it got skipped way back due to a double post, or something. No it was me. I screwed up in my excitement to get back in the game, and thought for some reason it was self-chosen. :: hangs head :: ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/708 "2014-05-06T03:55:59Z")
Adam Arkin movies: _Catch-22_ War sane only if insane _Glengarry Glen Ross_ Death of a fucking salesman _Slums of Beverly Hills_ Family searches for middle class Movies set in WW I ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/709 "2014-05-06T03:57:12Z")
Fuck me. ADAM. Note to self: learn to read ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/710 "2014-05-06T04:12:26Z")
_Paths of Glory_ French troops mutiny; some executed. _Gallipoli_ Botched invasion causes massive casualties. _A Very Long Engagement_ Love can conquer even war. Next: Bob Balaban movies. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/711 "2014-05-06T10:23:09Z")
**Bob Balaban movies.** _Moonrise Kingdom_ Maybe Wes Anderson’s tenderest work. _A Mighty Wind_ Guest affectionately skewers Sixties folk. _The Majestic_ Amnesia, McCarythism, and Jim Carrey **Next: Lousy films featuring otherwise revered 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:** [May 6, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/712 "2014-05-06T12:37:16Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > **Next: Lousy films featuring otherwise revered actors** _Teaching Mrs. Tingle_ What was Helen Mirren Thinking? _Bride of the Monster_ Lugosi really needed drug money. _Flightplan_ Foster shouldn’t take on Hitchcock. Next: **films starring _Law & Order_ regulars.** ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/713 "2014-05-06T13:35:55Z")
**Films starring _Law & Order_ regulars.** _Beauty and the Beast_ Orbach is the singing candle! _Catwoman_ Bratt contributes to epic stinker. _The Killing Fields_ Waterston abandoned his little buddy. ☹ Next: Non-comedy films featuring cross-dressing. ---
**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 6, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/714 "2014-05-06T14:06:01Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Next: Non-comedy films featuring cross-dressing. _Glen or Glenda?_ It wasn’t _meant_ as comedy. _Silence of the Lambs_ Winner: most unrealistic cross-dressing depiction. _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ Crossing-dressing not source of humor. Next:\*\* films starring real-life siblings\*\*. ---
**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 6, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/715 "2014-05-06T15:57:45Z")
_Dinner at Eight_ Hey, it’s Lionel, John Barrymore! _Grosse Pointe Blank_ John, Joan Cusack both appear. _Born on the Fourth of July_ Watch for three youngest Baldwins. Next: Carol Channing 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:** [May 6, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/716 "2014-05-06T17:51:41Z")
**Carol Channing movies.** _Alice In Wonderland_ Wonderfully daffy as White Queen. _Thoroughly Modern Millie_ She falls for an aviator. _Parade Of Stars_ Lorelei Lee: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Next: **Films set in Elizabethan England.** ---
**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 6, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/717 "2014-05-06T18:16:50Z")
_Shakespeare in Love_ Warm, charming, ahistorical romantic comedy. _The Privates Lives of Elizabeth and Essex_ Davis, Flynn court at court. _Elizabeth_ Young queen beset by danger. Next: David Duchovny films. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/718 "2014-05-06T19:22:56Z")
**David Duchovny films** _Evolution_ Poor man’s Ghostbuster; mildly amusing _X-Files: I Want to Believe_ One more stab at it. _Kalifornia_ Go for ride with killer. Next: Téa Leoni movies ---
**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 7, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/719 "2014-05-07T01:07:20Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Next: Téa Leoni movies _Flirting with Disaster_: Steals show from Ben Stiller. _Jurassic Park III_: What a waste of talent. _A League of Their Own_: A base of one’s own. ---
**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 7, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/720 "2014-05-07T01:15:58Z")
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