# Getting over being dumped comedies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271 "2003-09-12T19:47:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/1 "2003-09-12T19:47:21Z")

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Working on a (comedy) screenplay where a guy is getting over an especially tramatic breakup. Thought I’d research some other movies in a similar vein.

A few that come to mind are Better Off Dead,The Lonely Guy and Say Anything. Can you help me name some more?

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**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/2 "2003-09-12T20:17:05Z")

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High Fidelity… Swingers… Singles… Memento (heh)… St Elmos Fire maybe.

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**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/3 "2003-09-12T20:51:07Z")

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I read the thread title as: ‘Getting over being dumped by comedians.’

Yes, Swingers is an excellent choice.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/4 "2003-09-12T20:52:50Z")

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Albert Brooks’ **Modern Romance** and Burt Reynolds’ **Starting Over**

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**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/5 "2003-09-12T21:15:49Z")

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High Fidelity! That’s a great movie about break-up obsession. Singles is also fantastic. Surprised I didn’t think of that one, myself. Pretty much everyone gets dumped at some point in Singles.

I just remembered The Wedding Singer, as well. Fun example of post break-up blues ala comedy.

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/6 "2003-09-12T21:20:37Z")

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Oddly enough, The Odd Couple falls into this category.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-over-being-dumped-comedies/201271/7 "2003-09-12T21:58:45Z")

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Modern Problems with Chevy Chase and No Small Affair with Jon Cryer, though in the last one he’s spurned rather than dumped, but he still takes it pretty hard.