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Do Try This At Home

Do Try This At Home is a comedy film podcast about saving mediocre films. Each week, we take a cinematic disappointment and try to riff a better film.


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Tall Girl from 2022-01-21T07:51:41

It's teen romance week as we enter the latter stages of Netflix Season. Listen to Caleb and Harrison take on the ridiculous premise of a girl that is too tall for high school.


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Miss Americana from 2022-01-06T17:33:47

Documentary week on our Netflix season! This week, we're deep-diving on the Taylor Swift doco Miss Americana. We try for as long as possible to not be cynical as we pick apart the well-...

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The Princess Switch from 2021-12-24T08:00:53

We are back with a Netflix Season Christmas Special! This week we take on the Princess Switch. We end up discussing ripper bods and weird haircuts for about 15 minutes before we get down to stri...

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Wine Country (2019) from 2021-05-25T06:00:11

It's comedy week on the pod and we're ready to goof! This week we take on Amy Poehler's directorial debut as we follow the Netflix rabbit hole a little deeper. Squash your grapes, sip that necta...

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Love Wedding Repeat (2020) from 2021-05-02T07:00:35

We're still back!


Officially the first ep of the season, this week we talk all things 'Love, Wedding, Repeat'. Fun premise, woeful execution; great cast, woefully underused; great sett...

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) from 2021-04-25T12:44:53

It's the Oscars and we're back for Season 2! We're kicking off Netflix season with Aaron Sorkin's 2020 Netflix Original film, 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'. We talk casting, narrative structure, ...

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Trailer - Season Two from 2021-04-21T19:02:14

We're back for season 2! Get ready for our Netflix Original season starting this Sunday (27/04/21) with an Oscar's Special. We'll be tackling Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago Seven'. Listen

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The Emoji Movie (2017) from 2020-12-15T17:50:05

This we go completely unhinged with as we attempt to make The Emoji Movie something other than a grim corporate cash grab. We decide to start from scratch and write on the fly a screenp...

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Love Songs (Les Chansons d'Amour) (2007) from 2020-12-07T07:33:17

This week a very sleepy Caleb has a bit of a meltdown as we try to rewrite the thematically ambitious French musical romance, Les Chansons d'Amour (Love Songs) directed by Christophe Honoré. We ...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) from 2020-11-30T08:00:28

This week we're joined by a very special guest, Rob Merriam, to talk about the Ben Stiller vehicle, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. We talk about making the most of this character, and...

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In Time (2011) from 2020-11-23T08:00:41

The mid-budget sci-fi genre needs a Do Try This At Home style upgrade! We talk story structure and world building as we delve into Andrew Niccol's excellently-premised but poorly-executed 2011 d...

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Man of Steel (2013) from 2020-11-16T08:00:23

This week, we take on the unwieldy task of rewriting Zack Snyder's blockbuster superhero film Man of Steel (2013). We talk about reasserting a message of hope into a Superman story, rem...

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Something Borrowed (2011) from 2020-11-09T08:05:21

This week we take on the truly uninspiring Rom-com Something Borrowed (2011), a film that left a big impression on 13-year-old Harrison but that Caleb can remember literally nothing abo...

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The Gentlemen (2019) from 2020-11-02T08:00:03

This week Harrison and Caleb take on Guy Ritchie's 2019 British gangster flick The Gentlemen. We managed to riff a real reimagining of what Ritchie offers in the original film and take ...

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) from 2020-10-26T06:00:02

We're here with episode one and we're talking about Tarantino's eminently disappointing Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We get into the myriad of missed opportunities in this snooze-fest...

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) from 2020-10-26T06:00:02

We're here with episode one and we're talking about Tarantino's eminently disappointing Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We get into the myriad of missed opportunities in this snooze-fest...

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) from 2020-10-26T06:00:02

We're here with episode one and we're talking about Tarantino's eminently disappointing Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We get into the myriad of missed opportunities in this snooze-fest...

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Do try This At Home Trailer from 2020-10-21T16:23:42

Coming this Monday (26th October), the first season of Maybe You Like It's new show Do Try This At Home. Join writers Listen