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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Great Movies With Silly Plots

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever found yourself completely caught up in a film only to find, after the lights come up, that the story didn’t make any sense, yet you loved it anyway? Today, we’re talking about great movies with silly plots – including The Martian, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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1:07.0

Have you ever found yourself completely caught up in a film only to find after the lights come up that the story didn't make any damn sense at all, yet you loved it anyway?

1:10.6

We're talking about those movies that leave you with two simultaneous feelings.

1:12.5

That was great.

1:14.1

And wait, what?

1:15.9

I'm Linda Holmes.

1:17.0

And I'm Glenn Weldon.

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And today we're recommending three great movies with very, very silly plots on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

1:28.3

It's just us today.

1:30.5

So great movie, silly plot.

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That's the subject.

1:35.9

Now, I want to be clear, we're not talking about, like, minuscule plot holes or your weird little nitpicks.

1:37.5

We're not doing IMDB goofs.

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