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Block-Heads

1938Movie57 minNR

Comedy
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.7/5Rotten Tomatoes–85%
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.7/5Rotten Tomatoes–85%

Summary

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

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  • Makes you laugh.
  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Lifts you up.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Pacing a TrenchRare · in 6 titlesStan takes his commanding officer's orders to remain in the trench for as long as possible far too literally — he stays there long after the war is over, dutifully performing his patrol every day.Finger-Snap LighterRare · in 28 titlesSort of. Stan is somehow able to dump tobacco in his palm, make a fist, and smoke his fist like a pipe.All 19 tropes

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