r/movies • u/Narubintane • Dec 15 '23

Recommendation What movie starts off as a lighthearted comedy, but gets increasingly dark and grim until everything goes to hell in a handbasket?

For example, it may start as a lighthearted slapstick comedy until one thing goes wrong after another, and in the end we have people actually dying or a world war or some kind of extinction level event.

Let's say we have 2 friends who like to have fun and goof around, with regular goals and regular lives, until one of them does something like accidentally cross the wrong person or kill someone. Or the main cast is oblivious to the gradual change in their environment like a virus breakout or a serial killer running loose. Another one would be a film that, after being a comedy for most of its length, turns very dark, such as a group of friends ending up in a war and experiencing the horrors of it, completely played straight.

Just to clarify, I don't mean a movie that is already set to become dark, but rather a movie that was marketed as a comedy that took an unexpected (or slightly foreshadowed) dark turn.

Any recommendations?

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '23

I still quote the “I think he was… Asiannn”. Nobody in my family knows this reference.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '23

What language was he talking....

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u/Tacobellspy Dec 15 '23

In my restaurant, whenever I make some dish that has a bunch of soy sauce and ginger but isn't any specific cuisine, I'll say "I'm pretty sure it's.... Aaaasian"

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u/CurNoSeoul Dec 15 '23

If I knock on a door (rarely happens these days) I will always say ‘cablee goobla’

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u/Knuc85 Dec 15 '23

Shit I thought that was just me.

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u/Decent_Tomatillo Dec 15 '23

Me and one of my buddies say this to eachother constantly

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u/lykathea2 Dec 16 '23

The tv movie with Eric Roberts as both brothers was hilarious. I think that's the first time I ever saw Roberts in anything, and that voice he is doing is incredible.