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Topic: Dinner for Schmucks (Read 1805 times)
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Raging Turtle
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I almost walked out of this one about two thirds of the way through, when they HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE DINNER YET.
It had the occasional laugh during painfully boring scenes that went on for far too long, but not nearly enough to save it.
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Nebu
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A reviewer on NPR gave this movie a three word review: "Movie for Schmucks"
Apparently they were on to something.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Went with a group, unable to leave. Resorted to juvenile hanky-panky with the wife.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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bhodi
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No lie.
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This was one of the terrible trailers I saw in front of inception. I feel bad for anyone who had to watch this movie.
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naum
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Eh, was OK. But the theater we saw in, everybody was all chuckles throughout… …Mrs. Naum however, did not find it funny at all and in addition to falling asleep at several points in the movie (though she's done that watching other movies too), whispered to me: "when are they going to get to the fireworks factory?"…
…I think the previews (and duh, the title) marketed the movie as /good_laughs at dinner parties, but as pointed out by Raging Turtle, that didn't happen until the end…
Without Steve Carel, movie would have been a total dud… …but he plays well, the role of the idiot…
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"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Being somewhat inebriated helped us all a great deal.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Hoax
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l33t kiddie
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I saw it and didn't want to bother making the thread. I did laugh but I don't watch a ton of comedy so when I do I'm fairly easy. The movie was a trainwreck though and if I had any reason to dislike any of the actors I would have wanted to walk. I think Jemaine from Conchords saved it for me.
Overall though not worth adding to your Netflix queue.
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A nation consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual's morals are situational, then that individual is without morals. If a nation's laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn't a nation.
-William Gibson
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trias_e
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One of the worst movies I've had the misfortune of seeing recently. Would have been significantly improved if steve carrell would have been stabbed in the face 30 minutes in. Not his fault really, well, maybe a little, but the script is so miserably predictable and unflinching in it's direction (that direction being that steve carrell is an incredibly worthless idiot) with not a moment's relief that I simply couldn't handle it. There is no attempt at pacing or subtlety at any point in the film. I would suggest walking into a brick wall over and over for 90 minutes instead of watching this, as it's quite similar to the effect the movie will have on you, and it's free. After finishing the film, I immediately checked rotten tomatoes to make sure that that 51% score I spotted earlier before seeing a film was not simply a figment of my imagination. WTF.
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