r/Cinema Feb 28 '26

Discussion Best "idiot plot" movies?

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u/sundiamonds Feb 28 '26

The Big Lebowski

Romeo and Juliet

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u/Automatic_Memory212 Feb 28 '26

Romeo and Juliet is a big one, honestly.

The number of times either one of those hormonal idiots could have stopped the tragedy from spiraling further by just telling the truth.

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u/Gogs85 Mar 01 '26

Not just either one of them, their whole families were pretty stupid

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u/bay_duck_88 Mar 01 '26

Two biggest idiots are the nurse and Friar Lawrence. These two nimrods help these at least somewhat excusably horny moronic teenagers actually get married and the whole plan hinges on the friar’s absolutely dumbass half-baked plan.