# Is there any movie we ALL would agree is good (if not great)?

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**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271 "2026-01-02T14:18:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
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Agree! My kids liked watching it with me when they were little. To this day, whenever something amazing happens, we sing to each other, “double-yoo…”

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**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/522 "2026-02-15T16:58:05Z")

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> [@duderonomy](#):
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> _IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD_

I know full well I’m in a minority, as many people adore this movie, but it’s never done anything for me. I saw it when it was originally released and I’ve tried rewatching it over the years to see if my opinion has changed, most recently about 5 years ago. To me, it’s more FRANTIC than FUNNY.

We all have different senses of humor. It just doesn’t appeal to mine. I think “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is hilarious, but I know people who hate it.

Stanley Kramer was a great producer/director, and made several of my favorite dramatic movies, “High Noon,” “The Caine Mutiny” and “On the Beach” among them, but much like Stephen Spielberg, he had no flair for comedy.

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**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/523 "2026-02-15T20:57:41Z")

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Ditto. I’d heard it was considered a classic, so I attempted to watch it a year or two ago… couldn’t make it an hour through it, unfunny and extremely silly.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271/524 "2026-02-15T21:17:59Z")

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Having only watched it alone on a small screen, I suspect IAMMMMW works better in a theater packed with appreciative viewers. (Particularly the final scene, which IMO doesn’t really work without audience laughter to accompany the guffawing main characters.)

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