# What is the most 'walked out of' movie ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971 "2006-05-23T22:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/61 "2006-05-24T11:26:20Z")
I’ve only ever walked out of one movie: _Swing Kids_. This wasn’t in a cinema, though, it was at this film club and they were supposed to show another movie that night but something went wrong. I don’t remember what movie I was supposed to see, just that _Swing Kids_ definitely wasn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/62 "2006-05-24T11:40:11Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I actually quite like _A Clockwork Orange_, but those scenes are hard to watch. It’s hard to articulate, but it’s the incongruity of Alex’s cheeriness with the utter helplessness of the couple. MacDowell is playing it in such a huge, over the top comedic way, and the couple is playing a very naturalistic terrified way - mixing the two styles just ups the WTF factor and belittles the woman’s pain and terror in a very discomfiting way. Added to that is the absurdity of the Huge Porcelain Cock being used as a weapon…it’s just bizarre. (It’s been decades since I’ve seen it, so I might be conflating scenes.) I find the whole thing very unsettling (though there are other rape scenes in other movies which are far worse.) But something about Bizzare+comedy+terror+rape=really hard to watch. And no, **WOOKINPANUB** , it’s not particularly graphic - certainly not in a horror movie type way. > > I have never seen _Deliverance_, so I can’t comment on that, but I found the rape scene in _Shawshank Redemption_ uncomfortable, but because it’s played out naturally, it doesn’t have the same sense of bizzaro-world of Clockwork Orange, of course. > > I don’t actually remember the rape in _American History X_. The thing that stands out for me in that movie is the curb scene. THAT was horrific. Just to note- Alex’s gang’s home invasion of the writer & his wife did not have the HPC. The HPC (“a very important work of art!”) is used when they go in to rob the Exercising Cat Lady. And I think you are totally correct in your analysis of ACO. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/63 "2006-05-24T11:44:29Z")
I’d read _Clockwork Orange_ and thus wanted to watch it when a group of us got together at a friend’s place about 20 years ago. It was when he slapped her - I still remember this - it was the way he slapped her, as if she was less than human, that made me leave the room. It truly made me sick. _Jaws_ and _The Exorcist_ were reputed to have a lot of walkouts. The only movie I’ve walked out of was the first _Star Trek_ - I was so bored, I went out to the lobby to play video games while I waited for my ride. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/64 "2006-05-24T11:49:55Z")
> [@XaMcQ](#): > > I have a no walk-out policy myself, because I paid for the movie, and no matter how bad it is I usually want to know how it ends. I do wish that I had made exceptions for ‘Howard the Duck’ and ‘Star Trek VI’ to this day. Blegh. Yuck. I hope you mean Star Trek V. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/65 "2006-05-24T12:01:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’d bet that it’s some art flick like Andy Warhol’s **Empire**. 485 minutes – \*Eight Freakin’ Hours and Five Minutes \* of black and white silent unmoving imagery of the Empire State Building. It’s not static – you see the light change as the sun moves – but it’s a real test of your dedication. I’ll bet the vast majority of film buffs give up long before the end, no matter how committed. The Spirit is Willing, but the Flesh is Weak, and I wouldn’t blame it. But when that bird flies in front of the camera you never heard such cheering in your life. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/66 "2006-05-24T12:07:14Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > The only movie I’ve walked out of was the first _Star Trek_ - I was so bored, I went out to the lobby to play video games while I waited for my ride. Me too, my girlfriend and I decided to go see the rest of _Moonraker_, out of the frying pan… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/67 "2006-05-24T12:15:05Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > My folks tell me they walked out of _A Clockwork Orange_. It’s not just the rape of the suburban couple, but there’s also the rape scene of the naked girl on the stage. But that doesn’t even happen. Billy’s gang drags the girl up onto the stage and gets her clothes off, but Alex’s gang interrupts before things can go any further. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/68 "2006-05-24T12:32:51Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Probably not a specifically measured statistic, but my WAG might be [The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/#comment). Lotta ugliness I had to sit through just to get to some Hellen Mirren sex scenes. I walked after she was done. I walked out on this one. I don’t think I made it to the Hellen Mirren sex scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/69 "2006-05-24T12:43:25Z")
Had to leave the _Blair Witch Project_ because the jerky camerawork made me feel carsick :o Came v. close to leaving _The Royal Tenenbaums_ - read a load of reviews which said it was “comedy of the year” but in reality it was a boring dire waste of 2hrs. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/70 "2006-05-24T12:51:06Z")
I left Dante’s Peak. What a waste of time! ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/71 "2006-05-24T12:59:06Z")
I saw Reservoir Dogs in New York when it first came out and the audience was particularly lively, especially during the ear-cutting scene. One guy shouted at the screen “What’s your point?” and several people were gagging. A number of people dashed for the exits. Probably the strongest reaction to a film scene I’ve ever seen in a cinema. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/72 "2006-05-24T13:12:44Z")
I walked out of _Hollow Man_. I don’t really care about blood, violence and gore in movies (although some of the movies mentioned here certainly tested my limits), but this one was just so mind-blowingly awful I couldn’t stand wasting any more of my time in there. A few months later, it was on HBO, and I tried to watch it again, but had the same reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/73 "2006-05-24T13:26:02Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > I’m highly skeptical of this. The AristoCATS had already been made - did people think it was being remade? From the previews to the reviews to the damn movie posters inside the theater, you would have to be literally of subhuman intelligence to not know that the Aristocrats was not a Disney cartoon. Heh. Today; this very morning I sat opposite someone in an office; she was on the phone; her side of the conversation went something like this: Sorry, say again? … The AristoCRATS? … Don’t you mean The AristoCATS? … Yeah, but… … I’ve never heard of that. What the hell is an aristoCRAT? (at this point, I had to leave to avoid laughing) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/74 "2006-05-24T13:42:26Z")
The only reason I didn’t walk out of _The Triplets of Belleville_ and _The Skeleton Key_ was that there was nothing else to do while waiting for my ride. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/75 "2006-05-24T14:11:30Z")
I actually liked _The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover_. I saw it in the theater, and even bought the soundtrack on CD. 🙂 The only movie I ever walked out on was [Highlander II: The [del]Sickening[/del] Quickening](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102034/). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/76 "2006-05-24T14:29:13Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I actually liked _The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover_. This one intrigued me enough to skim through the IMDb comments about it. Whether it’s “most walked out on”, who knows, but it may well qualify as “inspiring the most contempt toward the walker-outers as puritans, philistines, simpletons and ninnies.” My favorite comments were along the lines of, “Some may not care for this film because it makes you think.” Of course, no one said what it made them think _about._ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/77 "2006-05-24T14:30:26Z")
:smack: Empty link. [IMDb reviews of The Cook](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/usercomments) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/78 "2006-05-24T14:48:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > …What the hell is an aristoCRAT? > > (at this point, I had to leave to avoid laughing) Bwahahaha! I’ve definitely run into my fair share of _Aristocrats/Aristocats_ confusion, but the idea of someone for whom the actual _word_ “Aristocats” carries meaning while “Aristocrats” is just some kinda weird mispronunciation absolutely slays me. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/79 "2006-05-24T15:02:44Z")
It’s interesting to see all the other reactions to _A Clockwork Orange_, since to this day I’m still not sure why it made me so uncomfortable. But after that grotesque opening, the rest of the movie proved that it was a perfect setup to deliver such a powerful message and thus artistically well worth it. Even if personally I wanted to either crawl under my seat or run screaming from the theater. To this day it’s still on my list of favorite movies, even though I’m not all that anxious to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971/80 "2006-05-24T15:21:02Z")
I’ve no stats for the Op either, but I do have to say that personally, out of sheer revulsion, I walked out of “Jackass–The Movie” at the “snowcone” scene. It made me convulsively gag (the closest I have ever been to “throwing up a little bit in my mouth”), and I get nauseous just thinking about it after all this time. WHY I waited so long to leave (the snowcone scene is actually near the end of the movie, if I recall correctly) when so many of the segments of that movie disturbed and nauseated me is beyond me, except I had taken my teenage sons and I wanted to prove to them that I could stomach it. Apparently I could not. A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite movies of all time. I too found the juxtaposition between L’il Alex’s cheerfully ultraviolent acts and the extreme terror of his victims to be disturbing, but not at all gratuitous. Had the acts not been extreme, the punishment would have seemed even more horrible than it was—I don’t think we were meant to completely sympathize with Alex’s plight , do you? –Beck [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-walked-out-of-movie-ever/357971.md?page=5)