# Funny movie reviews **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388 "2002-07-11T09:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/1 "2002-07-11T09:36:58Z")
Sometimes critics write a review that’s better than the movie they’re reviewing. Ebert does this a bit. Anyway, let’s share, shall we? [I’ll go first.](http://www.rollingstone.com/mv_reviews/review.asp?mid=2044267) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/2 "2002-07-11T10:48:03Z")
[The Joe Bob Report!](http://www.joebobbriggs.com/) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/3 "2002-07-11T12:15:54Z")
You can always depend on [Jabootu’s Bad Movie Dimension](http://www.jabootu.com). Their review of [Battlefield Earth](http://www.jabootu.com/be.htm) is infinitely better than the movie (but then, so it watching ice melt). ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/4 "2002-07-11T15:17:41Z")
[Mr. Cranky](http://www.mrcranky.com) [Stomp Tokyo](http://www.stomptokyo.com) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/5 "2002-07-11T15:26:17Z")
[bfatt & lazy](http://www.bfatt-lazy.com). Don’t go if you’re offended by anything sex-related (and I do mean _anything_). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/6 "2002-07-11T16:59:11Z")
[Eve thinks back sadly to the 1990s, when she _had_ a funny movie-review column in _Movieline_, before that magazine was taken over by Evil Chimps . . .] ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/7 "2002-07-11T17:05:44Z")
Leonard Maltin’s complete review of [Isn’t it Romantic?](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0040479): > [@](#): > > No. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/8 "2002-07-11T17:57:59Z")
Is there a way to get to the Maltin summaries that I don’t know about? ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/9 "2002-07-11T18:05:23Z")
The [Mutant Reviewers from Hell](http://www.mutantreviewers.com) always seem to have a good time. Unless they’re reviewing “Doom Generation.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/10 "2002-07-11T18:14:28Z")
Maltin’s reviews appear in his annual _TV Movies and Video Guide_, though this particular entry was also mentioned in Guinness as the shortest movie review. I don’t know of an online source. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/11 "2002-07-11T18:45:08Z")
James Agee beat Maltin by 40+ years with this 4-word review to the film _You Were Meant for Me_: “That’s What You Think” ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/12 "2002-07-11T19:09:56Z")
I thought this was about CAP Alert, the church guy that reviews movies. I don’t understand why he just doesn’t come right out and say “Every single movie ever is evil and full of sin and hateful to God except ‘The Ten Commandments’.” ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/13 "2002-07-11T19:28:58Z")
It took some hunting, but I found my favorite movie review quote of all time from [Creative Loafing](http://www.cln.com/archives/atlanta/newsstand/101798/subs.htm). In reference to, _Practical Magic_ starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock: > [@](#): > > As movies about witches go, this “romantic comedy” has about three more laughs than _The Crucible_. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/14 "2002-07-11T22:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*[Eve thinks back sadly to the 1990s, when she _had_ a funny movie-review column in _Movieline_, before that magazine was taken over by Evil Chimps . . .] \*\* Is that what happened to _Movieline_? That used to be such a fun magazine. Damn Chimps. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/15 "2002-07-11T22:14:32Z")
Roger Ebert once said that the more the reviewer hated the movie, the funnier the review is to read. I think he’s right. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/16 "2002-07-12T01:25:41Z")
Pretty much anything written by [this guy](http://www.filthycritic.com/filthy/). ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/17 "2002-07-13T06:35:19Z")
Yes. I agree. Filthy ROCKS! (Pssst. If you hated _You’ve got mail_ as much as I do, you NEED to read Filthys review of it) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/18 "2002-07-13T13:47:07Z")
The Self Made Critic from [The Brunching Shuttlecocks](http://www.brunching.com/) is often quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-movie-reviews/118388/19 "2002-07-13T15:54:42Z")
I cannot recommend [Bad Movie Night](http://www.hit-n-run.com/entrance.html) enough. And I’m not saying that **just** because of the reviews of my own that are on there (which every one of you should rush right out and read _right now_).