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Why is this movie not listed as comedy?

posted 2 years ago by russfro (107)
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I thought this was very much a comedy, but Rotten Tomatoes lists it as 'Adventure/Action', IMdB (and MC) lists it as 'Adventure, History, War', and Letterboxd has it as 'Drama, Adventure'.

[–] Interlepos (1784) 2 years ago

The movie has comedic elements, but gets pretty serious.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Yup, shit gets real at the end!

So I'd put it in the "Adventure" genre, if I had to type it. It has strong comedic and dramatic elements, so it can't qualify as either comedy or drama, so that leaves...

A damn good movie!