Tropic Thunder (2008), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Carry on Henry VIII (1971), Carry on Dick (1974), Vampire's Kiss (1988), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Bride of the Monster (1955) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Overacting movies.
Storyline: Action movie star Tugg Speedman is on the downslide of his professional career. He wants to be considered a serious actor, but his latest serious role as the title character in "Simple Jack" resulted in negative reviews and ridicule. Comedian Jeff Portnoy is best known for his leading roles in sophomoric comedies, and may be less well known for his rampant drug use. Five time Oscar winner Kirk Lazarus is a serious method actor, who immerses himself in whatever the role. On location in southeast Vietnam, they are the stars of "Tropic Thunder", based on Vietnam war veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoirs of his rescue during the war, that rescue which was considered a near suicide mission for the assigned army force and resulted in him losing both hands. For his role, Caucasian Australian Lazarus even went through a controversial surgical skin dying procedure so that he could convincingly play a black man. Production is not going well since rookie director Damien Cockburn is unable to ...
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, war, adventure, satire, hollywood, actors ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: To be a Pet Detective, you have to understand both the criminals and animals. Ace Ventura goes even further... He behaves like a criminal animal. When a football team's mascot (a dolphin) is stolen just before the Superbowl, Ace Ventura is put on the case. Now, who would want to steal a dolphin, and why?
Plot Keywords: comedy, animals, detective, humor, adventure, crime, pets ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adult humor, absurd, ensemble cast, nostalgia, parody, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...—Simon N. McIntosh-Smith <Simon.N.Smith@cs.cf.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: comedy, historical, british, parody, sexual innuendo, franchise, period piece ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...—Simon N. McIntosh-Smith <Simon.N.Smith@cs.cf.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: comedy, british, historical, parody, 18th century, sexual innuendo, low budget ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a woman and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his delusions. The woman continues to visit and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, dark comedy, psychological, vampire, surreal, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Harbouring an ardent desire to be the best in the cut-throat world of hairdressers, the Mossad's finest agent, Zohan, seizes the opportunity to call it quits by faking his death, after a fierce battle with his arch-nemesis, Phantom. In high hopes of making his dream come true in New York, the ambitious Zohan lands a job in the stylish hair salon of the beautiful Palestinian, Dalia, and things seem to work as planned; until a man from the past blows his cover. Now, the Zohan must fight tooth and nail to keep his new lifestyle, and in the meantime, try to win the heart of his boss. Can Zohan's dazzling hairstyling techniques save the world?
Plot Keywords: comedy, action, adventure, parody, spy, agent, immigration ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Dr. Vornoff bombards a hulk with atoms, he gets Lobo, who gains monstrous powers and needs a mate.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, b-movie, black and white, alien, laboratory, low budget ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance claims investigator teams with a new female investigator to uncover a massive, homicidal fraud the company seems to be perpetrating on its biggest clients.
Plot Keywords: comedy, action, crime, detective, humor, american movie, 2000s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Undercover cop Lucas White joins Vin Serento's LA gang of illegal street racers. They are fast and they are furious and they plan to double cross LA crime kingpin Juan Carlos de la Sol who hides his cash in a downtown Taco Bell. The gang's outrageous plan is as daring as it is ridiculous and will see them towing the whole damn restaurant, at crazy speeds.—Anonymous, jonathanroberts
Plot Keywords: parody, comedy, action, crime, humor, lowbrow, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In San Francisco, we follow Johnny, a man who has a girlfriend, Lisa, and also his best friend, Mark. Lisa has been cheating on Johnny with Mark and Johnny doesn't know! Will Johnny ever find out? Will Mark still be Johnny's best friend?
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, independent film, absurd, black comedy, low budget, controversial ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: American crook Renzo Capetto sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans to help loyalists (and the national treasury) escape on his boat, then kill the men and blame their deaths on a mythical sea monster. Trouble ensues when the _real_ monster shows up!—Paul White <pwhite@bigfoot.com>
Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, science fiction, b-movie, low budget, monster, black comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio's restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio's former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world's most precious treasures from around the world. And it's up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, humor, spoof, adventure, action, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, twins, farce, holiday, siblings, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After she and her husband (Rob Corddry) move into a haunted house, a woman (Leslie Bibb) gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.
Plot Keywords: comedy, horror, absurd, parody, gory, supernatural, cult ...
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