"He's a great guy." "Yeah...he is."

December 13, 2017 9:35 AM

In "romantic" movies, or even in regular movies, there is often the trope of Person A, telling Person B, that Person C is, "a great guy." A pause ensues, with Person B saying, warmly, something like "You know what? He really is." I am looking for examples of this type of formulation in any kind of movie.

My goal is to collect all of these examples, to hopefully make a supercut someday of all of these scenes (I find this trope hilarious). Hope me with some examples, please!

posted by agregoli to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Some variation of this happens at least a half-dozen times in The Room, typically in reference to Tommy Wiseau's character.
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:44 AM on December 13, 2017 [2 favorites]

Say Anything has a scene of his female friends discussing Lloyd at the big party that seems to fit the bill.
posted by goggie at 11:01 AM on December 13, 2017 [4 favorites]

I'd call the trope "delayed appreciation," but such a trope does not yet exist on TV Tropes for ease of cataloging (yet).
posted by filthy light thief at 11:08 AM on December 13, 2017

I'm pretty sure this is in 2-3 Meg Ryan films.
posted by acoutu at 4:46 PM on December 14, 2017