Can you think of a movie in which a doddering old servant makes his way, at painful and ridiculous low speed, across a room carrying a tray of drinks?
posted by markcmyers on Oct 4, 2009 - 20 answers

NameThatMovieFilter: a recent, stupid comedy which includes or is about two dumb cops. [more inside]
posted by splice on Aug 11, 2009 - 16 answers

This is easy - I just want the 'TV' version of Steve Martin's 'The Jerk'. So... how do I get it? [more inside]
posted by Bageena on Jul 11, 2009 - 4 answers

Help identify this recent European comedy film... [more inside]
posted by The bat in the hat on Jun 14, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm directing a farce with a bunch of high-schoolers, and would love to give them some movie suggestions to look at for characters. They are pretty classic comic archetypes, but my brain is reeling a bit trying to think of all of them, and though I'd put it out to the hive mind. The only catch is that I can't really suggest any R-Rated movies, because most of them aren't old enough to watch them... [more inside]
posted by rawredmeat on Mar 13, 2009 - 22 answers

Just saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. I feel like the storyline, (i.e. guy/girl is hung up on his/her good-looking-yet-lame ex, meets a smart cool new person, and ends up rejecting their old flame for said new love interest when old flame gets jealous / comes around too late), has been used plenty to the point of cliche. Problem is, I can't think of any examples! Can anyone give me some? Thanks!
posted by H Carl on Oct 10, 2008 - 29 answers

What was that Steve Martin movie? [more inside]
posted by expletivization on Aug 17, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me locate a weird 80's sci-fi movie with almost no info. [more inside]
posted by ninazer0 on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Name the movie based on the only scene I can remember. An American woman is driving a car while listening to a foreign language learning tape but she is repeating the English phrases. [more inside]
posted by strangeleftydoublethink on Feb 13, 2008 - 12 answers

So there's this movie that I saw when I was a kid, but don't know what it was called... [more inside]
posted by kisch mokusch on Apr 2, 2007 - 4 answers

Asking for a friend: Looking for a movie or tv show that deals with investing in a comedic way. [more inside]
posted by Sreiny on Jan 18, 2007 - 16 answers

There is a movie where someone is petting a sewer rat and they think its a cat. And someone tells the person they're mistaken and petting a rat. Does anyone know what movie? It went something like this: What a nice cat. Excuse me mam, thats a sewer rat!
posted by Gabe014 on Mar 18, 2006 - 12 answers

The number one movie last week was a comedy about dodgeball that has a lot of people my age waxing nostalgic about elementary school. There also seems to be a new televised Extreme Dodgeball "league". There's just one problem: None of these people are playing or talking about the game I remember as "dodgeball" from my childhood. [more inside]
posted by jjg on Jun 22, 2004 - 46 answers