# 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:** 81
**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, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1601 "2017-04-26T19:17:43Z")
_9 to 5_ Firm greatly improves hiring policies _In the Line of Fire_ Man in wheelchair warns agent _Deep Impact_ Morgan Freeman’s black POTUS uncommented-upon Next: Movies in which disabled character plays key role in plot ---
**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:** [April 26, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1602 "2017-04-26T23:34:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies in which disabled character plays key role in plot _The Miracle Worker_ All about early Helen Keller. _The DaVinci Code_ Ian McKellan on crutches key. _The Fugitive_ One-armed man pursuit drives plot. **Next** : More movies in which disabled character plays key role in plot. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1603 "2017-04-27T01:15:52Z")
_Blind Fury_ Rutger Hauer as blind mercenary. _The Usual Suspects_ The crippled guy isn’t really. - Mr. Sardonicus\* Evil baron dies horribly, smiling. **Next:** Your three all-time favorite 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:** [April 27, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1604 "2017-04-27T06:29:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Your three all-time favorite movies. _To Be or Not to Be_ (1942) Polish actors join WWII resistance. _Metropolis_ Upper world oppresses worker world. _My Brilliant Career_ Outback teen has artistic aspirations. \*\* Next\*\*: someone else’s three favorites. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1605 "2017-04-27T14:06:57Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > … > > _The DaVinci Code_ > Ian McKellan on crutches key. > > … Nitpick: it’s “McKellen.” My three favorite films: _Casablanca_ Bogie, Bergman, romance, intrigue, Nazis! _Breaker Morant_ Powerful, moving historical courtroom drama _Limitless_ Clever, funny, exciting biomedical thriller Next: Your three favorites ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1606 "2017-04-28T01:17:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Your three favorites Well, here’s my next three: _Housekeeping_ Fingerbone’s populace doesn’t like outsiders. _The Awful Truth_ My wife’s come back :eek:! _Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle_ Rohmer’s city mouse / country mouse. - Next\*: movies with “god” in the title. ---
**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, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1607 "2017-04-28T15:03:46Z")
_Gods and Generals_ Just thinly-veiled Confederate propaganda, really _The Gods Must Be Crazy_ Tribesman plus bottle equals laughs _Oh, God!_ Supermarket manager is divinely favored Next: Movies about political campaigns ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1608 "2017-04-28T15:54:36Z")
Movies about political campaigns _The Candidate_ Unexpected win for Redford’s idealist _The Distinguished Gentleman_ Conman wins with name recognition _Welcome to Mooseport_ So bad, Hackman quit acting Next: Gene Hackman movies ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1609 "2017-04-28T16:21:15Z")
Gene Hackman movies: _The Royal Tenenbaums_ Another dysfunctional Wes Anderson family _Crimson Tide_ Shouting match inside a submarine _Unforgiven_ Don’t fuck with Clint Eastwood Next: Ryan Reynolds movies where he swaps personalities/bodies with someone. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1610 "2017-04-28T16:23:58Z")
_Young Frankenstein_ Gene as hilarious blind monk. _Superman_ Gene wasted as Lex Luthor. _Loose Cannons_ Gene hilarious as unorthodox cop. Next: Ryan Reynolds movies where he swaps personalities/bodies with someone. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1611 "2017-04-29T00:11:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Young Frankenstein_ > Gene as hilarious blind monk. > > _Superman_ > Gene wasted as Lex Luthor. > > _Loose Cannons_ > Gene hilarious as unorthodox cop. > Next: Ryan Reynolds movies where he swaps personalities/bodies with someone. I can’t think of a single one. I’m not even sure I’d know Ryan Reynolds on sight. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1612 "2017-04-29T02:06:32Z")
I’m drawing a blank for that category, too. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1613 "2017-04-29T03:28:34Z")
Prof. P, why don’t you do it yourself, then chose another category? ---
**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 1, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1614 "2017-05-01T01:27:57Z")
Respectfully requesting permission to do three body-switch movies, not necessarily with the actor in question. ---
**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 1, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1615 "2017-05-01T01:51:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Respectfully requesting permission to do three body-switch movies, not necessarily with the actor in question. Go ahead, I was just copying what **msmith537** had put, since he ninja’d me. Ryan Reynolds is best known these days for playing Deadpool in last year’s hit movie. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1616 "2017-05-01T02:01:19Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I can’t think of a single one. I’m not even sure I’d know Ryan Reynolds on sight. He plays Deadpool…although I suppose that’s not helpful since he either wears a mask or makeup making him hideously deformed. Also known for Van Wilder and a shit-ton of rom coms. I was thinking The Change-Up (switches with Justin Bateman), Self/Less (switches with Ben Kingsly) and Criminal (Kevin Costner). Judges would also have accepted RIPD (he appears as James Hong to everyone else). That was a tough one, as all those movies are terrible. Expanding the category to “any body-switching movie” ---
**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 1, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1617 "2017-05-01T08:39:41Z")
Next: Body-switching movies: _Freaky Friday_ (1976, Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster) Only version that’s worth mentioning. _Turnabout_ Bickering spouses switch: from 1940. _Heaven Can Wait_ Angel of Death fixes error. **Next** : sneaky remakes (ie, remakes that tried not to acknowledge they were remakes by changing something like the time or the location, but it was obvious they were). ---
**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 1, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1618 "2017-05-01T11:04:22Z")
_Heaven Can Wait_ remade _Here Comes Mr. Jordan_ _A Bug’s Life_ Remade remake, _The Seven Samurai_ _Meet Joe Black_ Remade _Death Takes A Holiday_ \*\*Next: \*\* Movies taking place in May. ---
**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 1, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1619 "2017-05-01T17:11:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > \*\*Next: \*\* Movies taking place in May. _The Wicker Man_ Culminates in May Day celebration. _The Assassination of Trotsky_ Begins with May Day celebration. _Maytime_ Has silent and sound versions. **Next** : The earliest three non-offensive portrayals of gay/lesbian characters you can think of. ---
**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 1, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1620 "2017-05-01T23:05:03Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : The earliest three non-offensive portrayals of gay/lesbian characters you can think of. Just to be clear, I mean the oldest three you happen to have seen, and can remember; you don’t have to do any research. And like other topics, unless someone has clearly misunderstood the topic, what someone thinks fits a topic is not up for debate (so if you think _The Children’s Hour_ is positive, that’s not my problem). This is a fun thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=82)