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Old 07-25-04 | 05:58 PM
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Best unemployment movie...
I'd have to say The Big Lebowski because The Dude is the hero of the story, all while being gainfully unemployed.
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Old 07-25-04 | 07:08 PM
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The worst has to be the John Cusack disaster 'Money For Nothing'. God was that an awful movie (the main character was struggling for work, basically unemployed).
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Old 07-25-04 | 07:48 PM
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I always liked Friday.

"It's friday, you ain't got no job, and you ain't got shit to do!"
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Old 07-25-04 | 08:37 PM
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Old 07-25-04 | 08:50 PM
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First Blood was pretty cool, just watched it today.
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Old 07-25-04 | 09:04 PM
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My pick is Falling Down.
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Old 07-25-04 | 09:19 PM
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Old 07-25-04 | 09:42 PM
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Old 07-25-04 | 10:07 PM
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My pick is Falling Down.
Yep
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Old 07-25-04 | 10:10 PM
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Old 07-25-04 | 11:10 PM
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Fun with Dick and Jane a fun movie about unemployment.
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Old 07-25-04 | 11:20 PM
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Office Space. Well...the second half, I guess?
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Old 07-26-04 | 01:11 AM
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Old 07-26-04 | 01:14 AM
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Half Baked.
They weren't unemployed! "We can sell weed yo!"
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Old 07-26-04 | 09:54 AM
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I'd have to go with Albert Brooks' "Lost in America."
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Old 07-26-04 | 10:09 AM
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what about the dude on the couch?
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Old 07-26-04 | 11:00 AM
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Old 07-26-04 | 11:26 AM
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Old 07-26-04 | 11:37 AM
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Old 07-26-04 | 02:05 PM
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Old 07-26-04 | 03:57 PM
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Old 07-26-04 | 05:44 PM
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Old 07-26-04 | 08:33 PM
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Old 07-26-04 | 08:36 PM
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Another vote for Bicycle Thief.

I also liked Mondays in the Sun (2002), a very good Spanish film.
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