# Strange movie I saw years ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704 "2014-07-09T12:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/1 "2014-07-09T12:43:07Z")
Ok. I’m grasping at straws here and hoping the teeming millions can help me figure out this movie. I caught about 1/3 of it on a Saturday afternoon sometime around 2002-03. The only scenes that I clearly remember are of a boy using a policeman’s ticket-book to cover a room with little yellow citations and of two people stabbing one another simultaneously. The movie seemed to have a really darkly comedic vibe if that helps at all. ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/2 "2014-07-09T13:03:53Z")
Also, the movie would have been from a somewhat modern era, late 1960s or newer. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/3 "2014-07-09T13:08:36Z")
Just a suggestion. I speculated that it might be post-it notes, not a policeman’s book. A quick search turned up [New Guy](http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/4958/) It has a cubicle covered with yellow stickers, a darkly comic vibe, and a weapon that might be used for stabbing. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/4 "2014-07-09T13:37:36Z")
Sounds more like [Needful Things](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107665/?ref_=nv_sr_1). Not a little boy, but Amanda Plummer. Plus she ends up stabbing Valri Bromfield while Valri stabs here. ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/5 "2014-07-09T14:14:17Z")
Satchmo, you are a hero. I have been wondering about this movie since I saw it. That has got to be the one. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/6 "2014-07-09T15:09:52Z")
Shucks, tweren’t nothin’. I’m just thrilled I was able to get in before everyone else. Usually any question I can actually answer is answered hours or even days before I see it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-movie-i-saw-years-ago/692704/7 "2014-07-09T15:12:24Z")
I love this place.