# 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:** 72
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1421 "2016-10-06T04:02:30Z")
_American Graffiti_ Harrison Ford as cool dude. _Excalibur_ Liam Neeson plays bearded knight. _Dr. Strangelove_ James Earl Jones? Bomber crewman. Next: Movies where the lead character is annoyingly pure-hearted and good. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1422 "2016-10-06T06:19:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies where the lead character is annoyingly pure-hearted and good. _The Phantom Menace_ Little Anakin “Jesus” Skywalker-- Arrrgguuugghhhh! _Sparrows_ Not bad; not for everyone. _The Diary of Ann Frank_ Wonder what she’d write post-Auschwitz? **Next** : More movies where the lead character is annoyingly pure-hearted and good. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1423 "2016-10-06T16:04:14Z")
**Rivkah** , you might want to read this: [The Ghost Writer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Writer) _Heidi_ Shirley Temple is insufferably adorable. _Yentl_ And lets nobody else sing! _Titanic_ Some cheered Jack’s icy death. Next: Movies set aboard warships. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1424 "2016-10-06T18:30:29Z")
Movies set aboard warships. _Battleship_ Hasbro Game cum Scifi schlock _U-557_ Enigma machine nabbed by Yanks _Das Boot_ War is tough in U-Boat Next: Movies featuring shenanigans by a US president ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1425 "2016-10-06T20:28:56Z")
_All the President’s Men_ - Woodward, Bernstein, _Washington Post_, shenanigans _Jefferson_ - In the lap of Sally _Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter_ - Logs ain’t all he splits Next: Movies about talking dogs Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1426 "2016-10-07T01:54:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Next: Movies about talking dogs _Underdog_ My son liked this movie. _Look Who’s Talking Now_ Third film in annoying trilogy. _Dogway Melody_ Supposedly cute parody kinda creepy. **Next** : movies with a dentist as a character. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1427 "2016-10-07T20:32:16Z")
_Little Shop of Horrors_ Steve Martin deserved Oscar: [Little Shop of Horrors - Dentist Song - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM) _Coneheads_ Jon Lovitz’s funny cameo: [Coneheads (3/10) Movie CLIP - At the Dentist's (1993) HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402xHwQGVsE) _Ghost Town_ Gervais gets good advice: [Ghost Town (9/10) Movie CLIP - The Ultimate Question (2008) HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qVgjGI6Lsw) Next: Movies about good lawyers ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1428 "2016-10-08T07:21:42Z")
_A Time To Kill_ Jack Bauer is bad guy _To Kill A Mockingbird_ Boo Radley is secretly good _The Judge_ Robert Duvall good and bad Next: The THIRD movie in a movie series that has five or more entries. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1429 "2016-10-08T12:34:55Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Next: The THIRD movie in a movie series that has five or more entries. _Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case_ The good doctor tackles neurology. _The Case of the Black Cat_ Entry three: 1930s Perry Mason. _The Benson Murder Case_ Philo Vance played by William Powell. **Next** : movies starring (or featuring) at least one of the Arquette siblings. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1430 "2016-10-08T16:20:48Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > _The Benson Murder Case_ > Philo Vance played by William Powell. Sigh. Edited this, and left a word in. Let’s try “William Powell played Philo Vance.” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1431 "2016-10-09T01:12:59Z")
_Desperately Seeking Susan_ Rosanna appeared punkish with Madonna \* Eight Legged Freaks\* David takes on giant spiders \* Last Exit to Brooklyn\* Robert played transvestite; later transitioned Next: Bad movies set in NYC ---
**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:** [October 9, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1432 "2016-10-09T01:26:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Bad movies set in NYC _Babes on Broadway_ Blackface ruins final of trilogy. _Three Men and a Baby_ Should leave original French alone. _Look Who’s Talking Too_ Baby that talks like Roseanne. **Next** : Movies that were the worst in their franchise. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1433 "2016-10-10T01:31:51Z")
The Phantom Menace Jar Jar Binks. Enough said. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Two man enter, nobody cares. Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Really? Again? Stupid Interdimensional Aliens. Next: Films set/filmed in the southern hemisphere. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1434 "2016-10-11T02:10:14Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next: Films set/filmed in the southern hemisphere. _My Brilliant Career_ Outback girl wants arts career. _March of the Penguins_ Stupid Antarctic tearjerker. Grumble, grumble. _A World Apart_ 1980s anti-Apartheid; filmed in Zimbabwe. **Next** : movies where G-d is a character. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1435 "2016-10-12T15:03:13Z")
movies where G-d is a character. **Bruce Almighty** Bruce answers prayers, chaos ensues **History of the World Part I** God hands Mel 15\* Commandments **Dogma** Smith protests his own movie \*Oy, ten! Next: Movies where someone takes the place of a world leader. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1436 "2016-10-13T00:17:38Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Next: Movies where someone takes the place of a world leader. _First Impersonator_ Bios of real presidential lookalikes. _Dave_ Impersonates US president in coma. _The Man in the Iron Mask_ Ends with Man-in-Mask [spoiler alert]. \*\* Next\*\*: movies about women’s suffrage. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1437 "2016-10-13T16:37:47Z")
_Suffragette_ Meryl Streep cameos as Pankhurst _Iron Jawed Angels_ Insult becomes badge of pride _Not For Ourselves Alone_ Trailblazing suffragettes Stanton, Anthony profiled Next: Movies about sexist men ---
**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:** [October 13, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1438 "2016-10-13T17:17:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about sexist men _Casualties of War_ Perfect role for Sean Penn. _The Handmaid’s Tale_ Pretty much all of them. _9 to 5_ This one gets great comeuppance. **Next** : more men who are sexist, misogynist, or just plain shmucks. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1439 "2016-10-14T03:48:36Z")
_In the Company of Men_ Two douches scheme against coworker \* Animal House\* Marmalard, Niedermeyer are colossal pricks _You’ve Been Trumped_ The Donald does Scotland - badly Next: Movies about women who aren’t all that nice, either ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1440 "2016-10-14T14:47:06Z")
_The Devil Wears Prada_ Businesswoman Makes Apprentice’s Life Hell _Maleficent_ Eeevil Fairy Surprised With Niceness _The Women_ Three Act Cat Fight, Mrao! Next: Horror Movies That Have More Suspense Than Gore [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=73)