# One sentence summaries - THE GAME
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589 "2003-04-23T14:24:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/1 "2003-04-23T14:24:59Z")
Inspired by 2Trew’s thread I thought it would be fun to post ‘movie summaries that miss the point’ and see if anyone can guess the movie!
O.K. Try this one…
“One man’s harrowing search for a young boy who could change his future.”
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### Author:  [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/2 "2003-04-23T14:41:49Z")
Citizen Kane?
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### Author:  [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/3 "2003-04-23T14:44:39Z")
nope - but good try!
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/4 "2003-04-23T14:58:56Z")
Okay - either:
- The Golden Child, with Eddie Murphy
or
- 12 Monkeys
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/5 "2003-04-23T15:00:55Z")
Oh, and I will add my own offering:
“Mafia = Bad, even if you aren’t a made man”
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/6 "2003-04-23T15:01:50Z")
_GoodFellas_?
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### Author:  [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/7 "2003-04-23T15:14:59Z")
**jabba** …Goofellas? hahaha. Sorry, no one’s got it yet…, The summary isn’t that much of a misleading misinterpretation - its true, but it just fails to convey the essence of the movie. I guess a good rule for this game would be that the summary must contain at least a reasonable clue to the answer, as I did: i.e., think ‘future’, like **Wordman** did…
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/8 "2003-04-23T15:17:51Z")
_GoodFellas_ was a try at **WordMan’s** , not yours.
For yours, how about _2001: A Space Odyssey_?
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### Author:  [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/9 "2003-04-23T15:32:22Z")
Sorry **Jabba**! Good answer - how about it **wordman**?
Hmmm. I’m beggining to see that this game might need some tweeking to be viable. Looks like we need a single sentence summary but with multple clauses, just to give the troops a fighting chance.
“One made-man, starts out life with nothing, and begins a harrowing search for a young boy and his mother, who could change his future.”
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/10 "2003-04-23T15:36:13Z")
_The Terminator_?
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### Author:  [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/11 "2003-04-23T15:37:20Z")
YOU GOT IT!
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### Author:  [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/12 "2003-04-23T15:43:41Z")
Movie
-“This dude has an ugly baby, and it ruins everyones day at work.”
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/13 "2003-04-23T15:47:30Z")
_Alien_?
A made man seeks revenge on the man who made him what he is.
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### Author:  [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/14 "2003-04-23T15:48:38Z")
Right on Jabba.
Is yours 'Blade Runner"?
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/15 "2003-04-23T15:50:45Z")
No, sorry.
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### Author:  [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/16 "2003-04-23T15:55:34Z")
My offering:
Roomies slowly go insane after hacking up body.
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/17 "2003-04-23T15:57:34Z")
_Shallow Grave_?
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### Author:  [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/18 "2003-04-23T16:00:28Z")
Jabba’s is Frankenstien, correct?
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### Author:  [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/19 "2003-04-23T16:00:56Z")
Jabba - Frankenstein?
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### Author:  [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/20 "2003-04-23T16:02:00Z")
That’s it.
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