# 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:** 83
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1641 "2017-05-10T00:39:23Z")
\*Puzzle \*(1974 film) Italian. Directed by Duccio Tessari \*Puzzle \*(2006 film) Korean. Heist gone wrong. Bombed. \*Puzzle \*(2014 film) Japanese horror by Eisuke Naito Yes, I just wiki’d “puzzle”, BUT I do semi-remember the korean one…in that it existed. Next: Movies with “VS” or “Versus” in the title or tagline. ---
**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 10, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1642 "2017-05-10T01:06:12Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next: > Movies with “VS” or “Versus” in the title or tagline. _Joe Versus the Volcano_ Tom Hanks as human sacrifice. _Scott Pilgrim vs. the World_ Scott vs. girlfriend’s evil exes. _Kramer vs. Kramer_ Father wants custody of son. Next: movies about college life (grad school counts) made before 1980. ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1643 "2017-05-10T03:14:22Z")
_National Lampoon’s Animal House_ Bluto shouts, drinks, eats, reigns _Love Story_ Unlikely romance: preppy and snarker _The Paper Chase_ Law school ain’t easy, friend Next: Non-courtroom dramas about or featuring lawyers ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1644 "2017-05-10T04:04:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Non-courtroom dramas about or featuring lawyers \*Under Suspicion \* Murder suspect lawyer possibly framed. \*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend \* Woman quits firm for excitement. _Mrs. Doubtfire_ Lawyer hires disguised ex-husband nanny. **Next** : non-medical dramas featuring doctors. (Can show him practicing incidentally, but can’t be focus of film.) ---
**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 10, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1645 "2017-05-10T11:00:13Z")
_All That Jazz_ Sheider (Fosse) has heart surgery. _The Hound of the Baskervilles_ Dr. Watson’s game is afoot. _Doctor Doolittle_ He could talk to animals. **Next:** Movies where a vacation goes awry. ---
**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 10, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1646 "2017-05-10T11:58:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies where a vacation goes awry. _National Lampoon’s Vacation_ Road trip not that fun. _Along Came Polly_ Honeymoon disaster when wife cheats. _The Vanishing_ Couple takes vacation: woman abducted. Next: movies prominently featuring an insect or arachnid. ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1647 "2017-05-10T12:01:49Z")
_Alice In Wonderland_ (2010) Alan Rickman’s Caterpillar steals show. _Charlotte’s Web_ Some Pig? That’s Some Spider! _Flash Gordon_ No, Father! Not bore worms! **Next:** Movies with a prominent character named Peter or Pete. ---
**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 10, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1648 "2017-05-10T13:47:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies with a prominent character named Peter or Pete. _Peter Pan_ (1924, live action) Like stage, played by woman. _Peter the Great_ Peter the Great, German biopic. _Spiderman_ Radioactive spider bites Peter Parker. **Next** : movies where a criminal is the POV character, either for the whole movie, or a significant portion of it. ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1649 "2017-05-10T14:16:04Z")
_The Ladykillers_ Inept murderers are the focus. _Bonnie & Clyde_ Classic Hollywood romanticism of pair. _Evil Roy Slade_ John Astin in western farce. **Next:** The Cinematic Oeuvre of Jack Elam ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1650 "2017-05-10T14:28:44Z")
_The Usual Suspects_ Verbal has lots to say! _Ocean’s Eleven_ Ultracool thieves triumph in Vegas _Valkyrie_ Heroes now, but in 1944… Next: The Cinematic Oeuvre of Jack Elam ---
**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 10, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1651 "2017-05-10T23:13:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: The Cinematic Oeuvre of Jack Elam _The Cannonball Run_ Questionable claim to “All-star” cast. _The Aurora Encounter_ Progeria-affected child plays an alien. _High Noon_ Uncredited: drunk in jail, “Charlie.” Next: movies that took advantage of a real-life disability or oddity instead of using FX. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1652 "2017-05-10T23:31:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > _Flash Gordon_ > No, Father! Not bore worms! BZZZZZZZZZT! Sorry Prof! Bore Worms aren’t insects or arachnids. And to continue with my double secret annoying nitpickery, she didn’t say “father”. Just “[No! Not the bore worms!](http://content.ytmnd.com/content/1/8/4/18437740859638a927ef838014bd690d.jpg)” However, thanks for mentioning Flash Gordon. It’s one of my favs! ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1653 "2017-05-11T11:24:41Z")
Next: movies that took advantage of a real-life disability or oddity instead of using FX. _Fellini’s Casanova_ The world’s tallest woman, nude. _Mad Max: Fury Road_ Corpus Colossus has osteogenesis imperfecta. _The Wizard of Oz_ The Singer Midgets as Munchkins. \*\*Next: \*\* Films with talking animals ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1654 "2017-05-11T14:06:54Z")
_Bambi_ Was hunters’ least favorite movie _The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe_ Aslan is big, noble, Christlike _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Badass raccoon gets best lines Next: Films with ugly animals ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1655 "2017-05-11T15:36:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Films with ugly animals _Turner & Hooch_ Tom Hanks with drooly dog. _Star Wars_ Banthas interesting, but IMHO ugly. _The Island of Lost Souls_ Humanoid creatures definitely not beautiful. **Next** : movies of Fay Wray. ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1656 "2017-05-11T15:44:57Z")
_King Kong_ 'Twas beauty killed the beast. _The Most Dangerous Game_ Or, Turnabout is fair play _The Vampire Bat_ Or, Fay Wray Screams Again. **Next:** Movies about childhood. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1657 "2017-05-11T17:41:13Z")
_Stand by Me_ Fifties Maine kids’ adventure afoot _The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe_ Narnia discovered by English kids _Lord of the Flies_ Castaway island kids savagely regress Next: Movies about old age ---
**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 11, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1658 "2017-05-11T19:12:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about old age _The Whales of August_ Last film of Lillian Gish. _Going in Style_ Old men organize bank heist. _On Golden Pond_ She’s old and he’s ancient. **Next** : films with “wax” in the title. ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1659 "2017-05-12T12:28:59Z")
_House of Wax_ Vincent Price is hammily scary. _American Hot Wax_ So-so bio of Alan Freed. _Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum_ Hohum mystery, no longer PC. **Next:** Movies with excessively long titles ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1660 "2017-05-12T13:42:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies with excessively long titles _The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies._ Don’t tease gypsy fortune tellers. _The Persecution and Assassination of the Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade_ Asylum patients put on show. _Went to Coney Island on a Mission from G-d…Be Back by Five_. Friends search for missing third. **Next** : more movies with excessively long titles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=84)