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A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

Cast

  • finn wittrock movies
    Finn Wittrock
    as Tim Matheson
  • domhnall gleeson movies
    Domhnall Gleeson
    as Henry Beard
  • emmy rossum movies
    Emmy Rossum
    as Kathryn Walker
  • david krumholtz movies
    David Krumholtz
    as Time-Life Publisher
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Genres & Description

Biography Comedy

6.8 / 10

An old version of humorist Douglas Kenney tells the story of how he and Henry Beard parleyed their success in their campus magazine, Harvard Lampoon, into the commercial magazine, National Lampoon. Drawing upon their checkered lives and an aggressively puckish sense of humor, the pair created a publication that would redefine American comedy with outrageous drollery that grabbed the zeitgeist of the decade that expanded across various media. Unfortunately, for all his success, Doug Kenney with his overhanging insecurities, ego and irresponsible appetites began to consume him until he alienates everyone who ever cared and supported him even as they imitated him. In the end, this iconoclastic funnyman would come to a tragedy that comes when your comedy doesn't have enough distance.

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Comments on this trailer
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BeatlesLuvSoftKitty
This movie ended up being sadder than I thought it would be. Still good though. - @Friday, September 28, 2018 7:17 PM

Roland Pen
I had the chance to watch this movie on boxxy sotware and I’m HOOKED on it. Great service, everything is for free even an adult content. Good movie. Worth watching though. - @Tuesday, September 25, 2018 11:16 AM

Dario Wirtha
I kinda wanted to see more of Joel as Chevy Chase. He looks nothing like him, yet he had the mannerisms down. - @Monday, September 24, 2018 2:22 PM

xele fonte
this movie just looks stupid as fuck. I can't even make it through the trailer - @Saturday, September 8, 2018 5:06 AM

kinomoto chan
Omg Joel McHale playing Chevy Chase is the best thing ever! xD - @Wednesday, September 5, 2018 2:30 PM

Sycorax Rock
This thing got middling reviews, but... man, I loved it. It ticks all the really specific boxes I have for "movie I'm gonna love forever and not care what you say" (dark comedy/dramedy based on a true story with obvious exaggerations, usually with a slightly-unreliable-narrator, with a sympathetic-but-not-necessarily-likable protagonist, usually telling a behind-the-scenes story or a slice-of-life, probably featuring comedic actors in semi-dramatic roles and occasional moments of surrealism; a sour, cynical core with a tiny dash of uncomplicated sentimentality. In other words: 24 Hour Party People, Nixon, A Christmas Story, The Social Network, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, and this thing.) - @Thursday, August 16, 2018 5:23 PM

Jeff Maylor
And the White "counterculture" liberals never understood, they would be the first destroyed by the revolution they pushed. - @Monday, July 30, 2018 12:58 PM

StLennyBruce
1:16 Wow. That was not the movie. 1:51 either. Shot before they hired Nomhnall Gleeson? - @Saturday, June 30, 2018 2:16 PM

kball69
ok i need song help .... what is the song the starts at the party around 1hr and 10 mins ?? its the song that starts right after the cocaine scene with chevy and doug. ive looked up lyrics and nothing shows up. it sounds like Deep Purple, the voice sounds like Gillan big time. even tried shazam and other song apps but nothing shows up. someone has got to know .... :) - @Wednesday, May 30, 2018 12:42 PM

HARO
John Gemberling as John Belushi... This is going to be awesome - @Saturday, March 31, 2018 4:17 PM

iwatch videos
If I watch this at my home I am sure my family members will walk into my room everytime an adult scene comes. - @Sunday, March 11, 2018 8:32 AM

PGHWRX
i just came here to say how amazing Emmy Rossum's ass looked in this movie and to see if anyone else noticed - @Saturday, March 10, 2018 4:08 AM

INTJ-Scorpio-Sigma-Male
Tandy much? xD - @Thursday, March 8, 2018 9:42 PM

Chandler Gardner
Growing up I had a profound semi romantic love with Animal House and Caddyshack not quite understanding the brain behind the gun. You'll be missed Douglas Kinny, perfectly Frozen in Time. - @Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5:46 AM

Emmanuel Rios
Worst movie I've ever seen. - @Friday, March 2, 2018 11:51 AM

nrrork
I remember first finding some my uncles' old National Lampoons in my grandma's basement. Quite a find when you're 14... for a few reasons. I'll never forget one article: Naked Pictures of Your Girlfriends with Buckets Over Their Heads. Like I said, I was 14! I loved the movie, had no idea so many comedians I loved so much were at the Lampoon.... and then talent poached by Lorne Micheals. - @Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:16 PM

Cj C
Is that willard kraft? - @Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:54 PM

James Nightingale
I enjoyed this more than the wolf of wall street. - @Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:37 AM

Greg Fox
I’d seen a documentary on National Lampoon magazine’s beginnings, and this movie pretty much follow that, but with the dramatic dialogue one would have expected from the main character. Very Funny. Martin Mull is hilarious. I had bought the Yearbook issue with paper route money... - @Monday, February 12, 2018 2:01 AM

Tina Walton
Yikes. Looks like a meeting of The Very Bad Wig Society. Not to mention they're all at least 15 years past even trying to play these people. - @Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:18 AM

neogigo
This was a great movie - @Saturday, February 10, 2018 6:52 AM

Max Lim
This movie looks awful. Also, Emmy Rossum = automatic skip 😷😷 - @Friday, February 9, 2018 8:28 PM

MacDaddy635
Despite the bad reviews, I really enjoyed this movie. - @Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:20 AM

Randy Otto
THIS is worth subscribing to Netflix all by itself. This stuff was required reading/watching for my college years. I spent more time with Kenny's stuff than I did with some classes. - @Monday, February 5, 2018 3:48 PM

G. Day
I really did not see that twist coming! Kudos to the writer(s)! - @Sunday, February 4, 2018 12:23 PM

525Lines
Will Forte was born to play Doug Kenney. His whole life was leading to this role. - @Sunday, February 4, 2018 9:00 AM

Taco Champion
Joel as Chevy?! - @Saturday, February 3, 2018 12:00 AM

Rei Reznor
Saw it. It sucked. If it's accurate then these guys were rich, spoiled assholes. Thank god for the comedians that worked with them. The only reason we remember "National lampoons" - @Friday, February 2, 2018 6:08 AM

Julian Beltran
Dont beilieve in coments here. This movie just sucks. They try to hard to be funny - @Thursday, February 1, 2018 8:40 PM

Nick-E Nicole
This is too perfect 😂 - @Thursday, February 1, 2018 5:24 AM

Feline Fatale
"Do you think Will Forte looks 27?" I'm sold. XD - @Thursday, February 1, 2018 2:54 AM

Harry Carrey
Another film that will forte has ruined. he is the most talentless annoying person to ever get in front of a camera. how does he keep getting work? I just dont get it. he screamed his way through SNL and is a one note actor in everything he is. I want to pull my hair out every time he speaks he is so annoying. - @Thursday, February 1, 2018 2:52 AM

Firstone2kill's Gaming Channel
What's the song in the trailer? - @Wednesday, January 31, 2018 5:42 PM

Fritz Idler
Really good movie. You should see it. But they left out the National Lampoon cartoon that depicts a cliff, with a sign at the top that reads, "Doug Kenny Slipped Here". - @Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:43 AM

Isaac Smith
I want behind the scenes for the food fighting scenes ^__^ - @Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:41 AM

Ghostbusters3
I am BOYCOTTING this movie. WHERE IS JOHN HUGHES?? Anyone who know the story of National Lampoon knows that JOHN HUGHES was a huge part of that magazine and also the man who actually wrote the story that became ANIMAL HOUSE. And now this stupid movie comes along and glorifies the OTHER GUY?!?! Fuck that shit - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 6:37 PM

Benjamin Jack Kata Finau
"you think Will Forte is 27?" = lolz - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:50 PM

marieearthangel
I liked it and it was creative. - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:22 PM

phildirt3
Kenney was 36 when he died, why would they have martin mull playing him. The acting sucks, the movie is terrible. Wil forte s hair is ridiculous - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:09 AM

Nubias
Apropos title,appears to be good casting. - @Tuesday, January 30, 2018 9:16 AM

Gavin Reddig
I'm a young guy who didn't know anything about Natinal Lampoon But now that I've watched the movie 🤤 I'm in love - @Monday, January 29, 2018 8:35 PM

itWaswritten
Fuck will forte - @Monday, January 29, 2018 6:21 PM

Jarod Walker
Doug Kenney is dead? - @Monday, January 29, 2018 5:46 AM

Bob
I used to buy this magazine when it was current, if was the funniest thiung going, the hey day I remember the most when the late 70's. Very unpolitically correct before there was even a term, one of the funny outrageous things I remember was a section called something like The absolute worst thing you can say to a large black man carrying a large radio-cassette recorder (boombox) on the subway: " Hey Sambo turn down the jungle music will you, those of us who can are trying to read" This was not a racist magazine, it was just put in for the humor behind of it if you can imagine that. Another one was called Curb Service and it had a hooker with a mattress strapped to her back modeling various poses. It broke my heart when they were nop longer available. - @Monday, January 29, 2018 2:25 AM

Ticky Tacky
I just finished watching it, loved it so much. - @Monday, January 29, 2018 12:31 AM

Larry 306
Ignorant, stupid, waste of time, low class, waste of money are the words used to describe this toilet training style blur. - @Sunday, January 28, 2018 8:08 PM

schrismon1
Absolutely awesome! Everything that our parents would not let us watch as a child had to do with these guys. - @Sunday, January 28, 2018 7:10 PM

Manaya Bradley
boo - @Sunday, January 28, 2018 5:06 AM

Shaqstheman000
I have to see this just for the hilarity of Joel McHale pretending to be Chevy Chase - @Saturday, January 27, 2018 4:41 PM

Bl4ck Air
Tandy is in it. So I'm watching this. - @Saturday, January 27, 2018 8:23 AM

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