# 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:** 74
**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 17, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1461 "2016-10-17T18:28:49Z")
more movies that inspired TV shows (but not the other way around) **Friday Night Lights** Book inspires movie inspires show **Blue Thunder** Has Dana Carvey as JAFO **Napoleon Dynamite** Weirdo outsiders sputter as show Next: movies about elections ---
**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 17, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1462 "2016-10-17T18:34:28Z")
More movies that inspired TV shows (but not the other way around) _M_A_S_H\* Different cast, other than Radar. _Animal House Delta House_ spinoff flopped hard. _Casablanca_ David Soul as Rick? Weird. ETA: Movies about elections _The Candidate_ Redford is telegenic Senate campaigner. _The Ides of March_ Campaign staffers maneuver, scheme, backstab. _Game Change_ McCain picks, then regrets, Palin Next: Films of David Soul ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1463 "2016-10-19T00:41:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Films of David Soul _Johnny Got His Gun_ WWI vet, multiplihandicapped, relearns communication. _Appointment with Death_ So-so, all-star Agatha Christie film. _Rage!_ In-prison rapist rehab. TV movie. **Next** : successful all-star films. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1464 "2016-10-19T01:48:09Z")
_It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ Zany hijinks for supersized cast _Ocean’s Eleven_ Casino robbery never so cool _Cloud Atlas_ A-List actors played multiple roles Next: All-star films that flopped ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1465 "2016-10-19T02:22:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: All-star films that flopped _At Long Last, Love!_ A musical starring Burt Reynolds. _Mixed Nuts_ Wish Nora Ephron did better. _Ishtar_ One of worst films ever. **Next** : technological firsts (can be FX firsts, or first Technicolor film, first 3D, whatever-- even first nighttime location shot). ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1466 "2016-10-19T04:13:24Z")
_Titanic_ First with actual wreck footage _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ First motion capture costar: Gollum _The Matrix_ “Bullet time” soon became cliched Next: Other Keanu Reeves 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:** [October 19, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1467 "2016-10-19T04:41:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other Keanu Reeves movies _Bram Stoker’s Dracula_ Bram Stoker undead vomiting experience. _I Love You to Death_ You should have _two_ bullets. _River’s Edge_ How does he get work? **Next** : “Comeback” films of Golden Age stars and earlier. ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1468 "2016-10-22T07:42:07Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : “Comeback” films of Golden Age stars and earlier. Maybe I made this too hard. I’ll do it, then pick something else. _Night of the Hunter_ Lillian Gish back playing toughie. _Anastasia_ Public accepts Ingrid Bergman’s infidelity. _Sunset Boulevard_ Swanson’s real comeback about comeback. **Next** : films starring someone who once guest-starred (or played a limited role) on _Friends_. They could have been famous already, like Brooke Shields, or become famous later, like Paget Brewster. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1469 "2016-10-23T00:47:48Z")
_Ocean’s Eleven_ George Clooney _Mr. and Mrs. Smith_ Brad Pitt _Mrs. Doubtfire_ Robin Williams **Next:** Films starring two actresses who supposedly hated each other in real life. ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1470 "2016-10-23T02:15:20Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **Next:** Films starring two actresses who supposedly hated each other in real life. _Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?_ Famous feuding Crawford and Davis. _Terms of Endearment_ Coked-out Winger didn’t endear MacLaine _The Wolf Man_ Actress & Actor: Chaney, Ankers. **Next** : movies with a real-life married couple, who were already married before signing onto the film. They don’t necessarily have to have played a couple in the film, just acted in it together. ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1471 "2016-10-23T02:17:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > _Mrs. Doubtfire_ > Robin Williams When was Williams on _Friends_? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1472 "2016-10-23T13:08:24Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > When was Williams on _Friends_? [with Billy Crystal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni6VPBIiFRY) ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1473 "2016-10-25T14:11:07Z")
movies with a real-life married couple, who were already married before signing onto the film. They don’t necessarily have to have played a couple in the film, just acted in it together. 1. Jersey Girl (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez) Proves Gigli wasn’t a fluke 2. Hit and Run (Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard) Cute couple in fast cars 3. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen and Mia Farrow) Insert Soon Yi joke here Next: Movies featuring the Chicago Cubs ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1474 "2016-10-25T16:20:38Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > _Ocean’s Eleven_ > George Clooney > > _Mr. and Mrs. Smith_ > Brad Pitt > > _Mrs. Doubtfire_ > Robin Williams > … Remember, **panache** - five words each. In play: Movies featuring the Chicago Cubs _Back to the Future Part II_ Fictional 2015 World Series champs _The Blues Brothers_ Jake, Elwood use Wrigley address _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ On Jumbotron; missed by principal Next: Movies featuring the Cleveland Indians ---
**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 27, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1475 "2016-10-27T07:54:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies featuring the Cleveland Indians _Major League_ Indians improve to spite owner. _Major League II_ Indians are at it again! _Moneyball_ Oakland management consults with Cleveland. **Next** : movies about unusual baseball teams, or teams with an oddball player. Can be real or fictional. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1476 "2016-10-27T12:27:04Z")
_Mr. Baseball_ American ballplayer learns Japanese ways _Bad News Bears_ Zany madcap little leaguers. Dreck! _Bad News Bears 2_ Inevitable cash-in sequel. More dreck! Next: Movies starring memorable anti-heroes ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1477 "2016-10-27T13:57:43Z")
_Payback_ Mel wants his money back _Road to Perdition_ Mob hitman, son seek safety _Deadpool_ Smartass killer breaks fourth wall Next: Movies with annoyingly perfect/sanctimonious heroes ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1478 "2016-10-28T00:37:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with annoyingly perfect/sanctimonious heroes _M_A_S_H: Goodbye, Farewell, Amen\* Hawkey; Oh, my gawd-- Hawkeye. _The Phantom Menace_ You _want_ Anakin going Darkside. _The Passion of the Christ_ Jesus. I don’t care: Jesus. **Next** : movies whose heroes are too flawed to be believable. ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1479 "2016-10-28T00:41:41Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > _Bad News Bears_ You must have seen the remake. See the original from the 1970s with Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal. It’s a great movie. > [@](#): > > _Bad News Bears 2_ > Inevitable cash-in sequel. More dreck! Technically, I think it’s called _The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training_. ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1480 "2016-10-28T16:21:33Z")
Movies whose heroes are too flawed to be believable _Absence of Malice_ Young reporter is stunningly obtuse _Prometheus_ Starship crew screws up repeatedly _2001: A Space Odyssey_ Hey, don’t forget helmet, Bowman! Perhaps I’m overly harsh… Next: Movies with heavies who clearly relish their villainy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=75)