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David Markey recommended 3 Women (1977) in Movies (curated)

3 Women (1977)

1977 | Classics, Drama

6.0

(2 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"One of my all-time favorite Altman films, and clearly one of his strangest. I’ve seen it a bunch over the years, and I always see something new in it with each viewing. The idea for this came to Altman in a dream, and it’s fantastic that he took note and crafted this understated, surreal dark comedy from such a place. People just don’t make films like this anymore. Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall are perfect."

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Their Finest (2017) in Movies

Aug 30, 2017

Their Finest (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

8.3

(3 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Not a comedy, but a beautiful drama

This is not a comedy. I repeat this is not a comedy. So if you read reviews saying that it is, they clearly have a very dark sense of humour. This is rather a tragically beautiful drama about writers attempting to make morale-boosting WWII movie which eventually ends up more pro-feminist than expected. The film is being made under perilous circumstances during the blitz, so there is a high casualty turnout. It is a romantic film, but not in the usual situation.

The cast includes some of finest British actors, with brilliant standout performances from Bill Nighy, a brief cameo from Jeremy Irons, Richard E Grant, Sam Clafin (Hunger Games, Me Before You), as well as better than usual performance from Gemma Arterton. I shed a few tears near the end. Hats off for showing women's role during the war effort.

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Paige (428 KP) rated The Lobster (2015) in Movies

Jul 28, 2017

The Lobster (2015)

2015 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.7

(15 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Pretty funny, at times (1 more)

An interesting premise

Dragged a bit (1 more)

A little too heavy for a comedy

Dark surreal dystopian comedies need more humor

Good, not quite as darkly funny as I expected, seemed more concerned with the politics and "rules of the universe" than entirely necessary which kind of messed with the pacing dragged the humor a little bit. Other people were having a hard time understanding the world as built, anyway, so it seems a bit of wasted effort.

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Ghost (30 KP) Jul 28, 2017

Extremely surreal, I have a fondness for this film

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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) created a post

Jun 21, 2018

Ok, so I saw a recommendation online for a movie on Netflix called "Teeth". I looked it up and watched it. It's a dark-comedy/horror film. This one was weird. Do NOT watch it with kids as it has a lot of sexual content and some pretty gross scenes. It was made well enough. The acting was a bit, meh, but not too bad. The story had some, well, sick twists... anyway, worth a watch if you're into horror films.

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MsKris1031 (8 KP) rated Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) in Movies

Jul 29, 2018

Frances McDormand (2 more)

Sam Rockwell

Intense

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Shockingly good

I watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri after watching it receive a couple of awards. I was not disappointed.

This movie covers some hard topics - the pain a family goes through after the rape and murder of the daughter, the fact that the crime is unsolved, small-town interpersonal relationships, cancer, suicide, but still has the perfect script to make it a dark comedy. The actors all did fantastic jobs. I highly recommend this movie.

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This Will End Badly

Rob Hayes

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"You can't even shit...You're being outskilled by the most primitive life forms on Earth" Repressed...

LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Here Comes the Boom (2012) in Movies

Nov 20, 2020

Here Comes the Boom (2012)

2012 | Action, Comedy

6.3

(8 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Forgettable. Starts off by threatening nuance by way of off-kilter dark comedy but then devolves into exactly what you'd think this was going to be: "lol fat guy got hit then fell down" again... and again... and again... and again. The only movie Hayek had less of a palpable role in than this was 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵. As expected Winkler is the best part. Joe Rogan comes in as himself for one scene and explains MMA fighting to the James character. Dullsville.

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Zoe Kazan recommended Contempt (1963) in Movies (curated)

Contempt (1963)

1963 | Drama, Romance

(0 Ratings)

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"Contempt would definitely be on there. I’ll start by pitching that one out. I just think Contempt is one of the most perfect movies ever made. Just the blend of dark comedy and tragedy and the acting in it; the way it’s shot, I mean everything about it. I think I saw that movie for the first time maybe at twenty-two? And it just had my mind blown. It felt like I had never seen anything remotely like that before."

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