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Underrated Films

paulie8290
paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
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We got one for Overrated films so why not underrated as well

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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Seven Pounds for me has to be one of the most underrated films ever.

    When people talk about best Will Smith films it always seems to get left out.

    Fantastic film and very emotional as well
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    About Time is excellent, though I rarely see it mentioned - not sure if that means it's underrated, though. In a similar boat is Stranger Than Fiction - which has an absolutely immense cast, including a very impressive and restrained Will Ferrell in the lead role.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    Seven Pounds is one of the silliest/ funniest films I’ve ever seen. 

    I’d vote for Sahara. Really fun action romp that got an unnecessary kicking but doesn’t do much wrong at all. Shame we didn’t get a sequel. 
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    edited January 2020
    The Book Of Eli

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    edited January 2020
    Sitting Ducks. (1980).
    About two guys who steal from the Mafia and go on the run.....very funny comedy film, I loved it.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Arlington Road is a great film and don't often hear it mentioned by others. 

  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Arlington Road is a great film and don't often hear it mentioned by others. 

    Yes!

    Also made me think of The Game which is a great film and very underrated. 
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Love, honour and obey
    Great cast, very funny gangster type film
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,823
    Ghost Dog
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,981
    edited January 2020
    PaddyP17 said:
    About Time is excellent, though I rarely see it mentioned - not sure if that means it's underrated, though. In a similar boat is Stranger Than Fiction - which has an absolutely immense cast, including a very impressive and restrained Will Ferrell in the lead role.
    I was forced to try watch a Ferrell film last week on Netflix called The House. Which is funny, cos that’s exactly what I walked out of after 20 minutes. His wife in it is excruciatingly shit at acting and comedy timing.

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  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    PaddyP17 said:
    About Time is excellent, though I rarely see it mentioned - not sure if that means it's underrated, though. In a similar boat is Stranger Than Fiction - which has an absolutely immense cast, including a very impressive and restrained Will Ferrell in the lead role.
    I'd second this. About Time is a excellent movie.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Why Blazing Saddles doesn't top every poll of greatest ever films is a dark mark against humanity
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    McBobbin said:
    Why Blazing Saddles doesn't top every poll of greatest ever films is a dark mark against humanity
    and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,740
    Sexy Beast 

  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Coming to America and Cannonball Run 2. There's a reason they are on TV every other week, and I watch them.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    @McBobbin on fire with the suggestions
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,981
    Human Traffic
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    ValleyGary said:
    PaddyP17 said:
    About Time is excellent, though I rarely see it mentioned - not sure if that means it's underrated, though. In a similar boat is Stranger Than Fiction - which has an absolutely immense cast, including a very impressive and restrained Will Ferrell in the lead role.
    I was forced to try watch a Ferrell film last week on Netflix called The House. Which is funny, cos that’s exactly what I walked out of after 20 minutes. His wife in it is excruciatingly shit at acting and comedy timing.

    So I've never seen The House but I would assume it's Ferrell in one of his more typical, over-the-top, slapstick-type roles.

    Stranger Than Fiction is COMPLETELY different. You have Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Queen Latifah as other leads/supports. Ferrell is really really restrained. I'd recommend giving it a go.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,171
    Reign Over Me. A serious Adam Sandler film where he plays a depressed man whose family died in the 9/11 attack, covering his inability to deal with it and him reconnecting with an old friend who tries to help him start to cope. Really good performance from Sandler and a really good look at grief.
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Nil by Mouth
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Local Hero.

    Loved by all who've seen it, but nobody my age (millenial) seems to have heard of it.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    Pedro45 said:
    Ghost Dog
    Indeed. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    McBobbin said:
    Why Blazing Saddles doesn't top every poll of greatest ever films is a dark mark against humanity
    Probably because it gets silly at the end and Khan’s boobs are too prominent for the sort of people who decide “greatest” lists. Until the last five minutes it is comic genius. 

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