Barry Lyndon reads like a book

5 second plot: This is the story of the guy in the title, a poor lad that loses his father at a young age in 18th century Ireland. Due to a series of events he has to leave his home. He joins the army, deserts, sees a bit of the world (well, Europe) and ends up married to a very rich woman.

5 second review: What the hell was Stanley Kubrick thinking? A period piece? No, a three hour long period piece... The first part of the movie is light and fun, but the second part is dark and sad and seriously boring. It feels like listening to a book reading that's very exciting at first but by the end I was happy it was finally over.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 3/10

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is mucho silly

5 second plot: The King of the Britons is sent on a quest by God himself to find The Holy Grail.

5 second review: This is a very very very very very silly movie. It's almost too silly. Even the production itself looks silly. These guys didn't take anything seriously. It looks like shit, but it's stuffed with must see classic comedy.

IMDb score: 8,3/10
Our score: 6/10

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot don't always make a whole lot of sense

5 second plot: The two guys from the title meet by accident and become instant soulmates. They don't have much to do and need money so they start thinking about robbing a bank.

5 second review: It feels like they randomly put together pieces of stories for this movie. And some of them make no sense at all. At one point they catch a ride with a crazy fella that flips his car for no reason at all. And then starts shooting at white rabbits coming out of his trunk. Say what now? The conclusion is good (spectacular) but you really have to hang in there to get to it.

IMDb score: 7,1/10
Our score: 4/10

The Sting is quite the set-up

5 second plot: A small con-man's partner gets murdered after they hustle the wrong people. He wants revenge, but to do that he has to team up with a big con-man. And avoid getting caught by the mobsters, the police and the FBI.

5 second review: If often thought to myself: 'am I supposed to believe that...'. That's never a good sign. And holy shit: this kid's got 99 problems, doesn't he? But he still has time for a love interest. Well, that turned out to be a problem as well. The sets are great, but it's a shame you can see that the background is painted. This is a classic, no doubt about that, but I had some trouble going with the flow.

IMDb score: 8,4/10
Our score: 5/10

Papillon is not very uplifting

5 second plot: Two guys try to escape from a horrible prison camp on an island in French Guiana. Their efforts are not always successful which makes life in prison even harder.

5 second review: This story will not make you happy. To know that this horrific prison camp actually existed, makes it even worse. Great acting, of course, two icons at work. There are some strange twists in the story but overall it's pretty decent. But it's serious drama without a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. Them French folk sure do speak very good English. Wink.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 3/10

Sleuth is a lot of blabla

5 second plot: A man finds out his wife is cheating on him. He invites the other man over and plays a whole bunch of mind tricks on him. But he may be taking the joke a little bit too far.

5 second review: Two actors, one location, a gigantic amount of (not so) smart ass dialogue and a boring plot. I'm proud of myself that I made it to the end. Then again, the splendid actors are charming at times, and I did want to know how it was all going to go down. So not a complete fuck up. But, oh my god, how I hate those creepy dolls.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 2,5/10

Jeremiah Johnson is pretty cool

5 second plot: The guy from the title wants to become a 'mountain man'. In other words: he wants to live a quiet life in the mountains. He struggles at first but after a while he manages to settle down with a wife and kid. But his adventures are far from over.

5 second review: It's a pretty cool western and it's beautifully shot on a magnificent location. But I didn't really get the point. We just follow this dude around all the time while he goes about his business. But he's not going anywhere in particular.

IMDb score: 7,6/10
Our score: 7/10

Harvey is one of a kind

5 second plot: Elwood P. Dowd has an imaginary friend. A six foot something white rabbit. His sister and her daughter want to have him committed to a nuthouse. Elwood is a very warm and generous man and somehow, together with his rabbit, he brings people together and makes their lives more interesting.

5 second review: Now that's something you don't see every day. An imaginary huge white rabbit... The movie is pretty nuts, there are more misunderstandings than there are minutes of playtime. But a couple of times, and certainly at the ending, it's simply taken too fare and the story misses it's curve.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 6/10

La Strada is horribly outdated

5 second plot: A mentally challenged girl is sold by her mother to a travelling artist. He treats her bad. But she still stays with him because she doesn't know any better.

5 second review: This was a struggle for me. This movie is not fit for a modern audience, only for real hardcore old movie lovers. It looked terrible to me: poorly acted, horrible sound and a story that did not withstand the test of time.

IMDb score: 8,2/10
Our score: 0/10

Anatomy of a Murder is a type of movie you don't see often anymore

5 second plot: A small town lawyer takes up the defense in a big murder case. It seems impossible not to get convicted, but they plead 'not guilty' anyway. The murder was done in an act of rage, as a reaction to the rape of the defendant's wife.

5 second review: The movie is more than 60 years old, so I didn't always understand where everyone was getting so excited about. Different times, different ways. But I did find the smart ass questioning and slow preparation of the case the defense tries to make, very interesting.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 6/10