Our 50 favorite film fools

Maybe you’re busy preparing your April Fool’s Day pranks—be careful with any machines or moving parts. Beforehand, we suggest you study up on the masters of sheer stupidity: Time Out New York’s authoritative ranking of big-screen dopes. You’ll find many a crafty schemer on these pages, but it never works out well for them. Fool you once, fool you twice—how about we fool you 50 times? Enjoy (but check your brain at the door). And if we were so idiotic as to leave out your favorite lunkhead, throw a rock in the comments section.