What are some examples of hyperboles in movies?

1 Answer
Mar 16, 2018

Hyperbole is just exaggeration (an overstatement), so any example of exaggeration in a film would be an example of hyperbole.

Explanation:

Examples:
"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again"(Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind).(1)

"Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain"(Wizard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz).(2)

  1. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gone_with_the_wind/quotes/
  2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/quotes