Movies you would recommend that did not have critical acclaim (comedy, actress)

[Élan vital]

Absolutely!!! All 3 are outstanding. I love "That Thing You Do" and The Green Mile......well totally awesome.

Originally Posted by YoAdrian

Another Vote for "What Dreams May Come." Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. are both amazing in that movie.

One of my favorites ... "That Thing You Do!" with Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler. Just a totally fun movie about a garage band becoming one-hit wonders in the '60s ... and their whilrwlind trip from Pennsylvania nobodies to L.A. superstars. It always makes me feel good, every time I see it.

And one more from Tom Hanks -- "The Green Mile." Intensely moving performances from everyone in the cast.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Flash Gordon. Okay, the critics were right on this one. It's absolutely terrible. But it is so absolutely terrible that it transends its own terribleness to awesome. It is SOOOOOOO bad that it is fantastic.

OMFG!!!! SO TRUE!!! I'm drawn to that movie whenever I see it like I'm rubbernecking a trainwreck or something.... Bad Acting, the WORST special effects I've ever seen. Throw in a theme song that Queen must have been paid a billion dollars to do (otherwise why would they associate themselves with this film) and you have INSTA-CLASSIC!!!!

[Rhett_Butler]

As for mine

I've mentioned "A Simple Plan" in another thread. Very good movie in a "What would I do in that situation" kind of way...

Also "Beautiful Girls"..... One of my all-time favorites.

[Hillbilly63]

Robin Williams, Nathan Lane & Gene Hackman in "The Birdcage" is the funniest movie I have ever seen. I watch it over & over. I quote lines from it almost on a daily basis. It is laugh till it hurts funny.

I also enjoyed "Monster's Ball" with Billy Bob Thornton & Halley Berry.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by VAFury

Also "Beautiful Girls"..... One of my all-time favorites.

I love that movie, too. But I don't remember it being critically panned. It had sort of mixed reviews. Some critics loved it. Others kind of went...meh. Yeah, I love the movie. Great performances all around. Even Rosie O'Donnell is great in it.

Did you watch that TV show October Sky (at least I think that was the name of it) on ABC last season? It was done by the same guy who made Beautiful Girls and is set in the same town. Different characters though.

[McGowdog]

True Romance. Don't think it hit critical acclaim when it first came out, thus a great B-movie. Dennis Hopper was so awesome.

Anyone ever here of WW and The Dixie Dancekings? Not bad. But my favorite Burt Reynolds flick would be White Lightning.

For Clint Eastwood, it would be Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

For Jack Nicholson, you've got The Last Detail.

For Chuck Norris, you've got Silent Rage.

12 Chairs. Repo Man. Return to Macon County. A Boy and His Dog.

[Élan vital]

A Boy and His Dog is indeed a great movie.
I also love "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams.

Originally Posted by McGowdog

True Romance. Don't think it hit critical acclaim when it first came out, thus a great B-movie. Dennis Hopper was so awesome.

Anyone ever here of WW and The Dixie Dancekings? Not bad. But my favorite Burt Reynolds flick would be White Lightning.

For Clint Eastwood, it would be Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

For Jack Nicholson, you've got The Last Detail.

For Chuck Norris, you've got Silent Rage.

12 Chairs. Repo Man. Return to Macon County. A Boy and His Dog.

[CBB]

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There are so many ... Mostly women's films, I think.

[Travel'r]

Somebody's got to say it ...
Ishtar - with Warren Beatty & Dustin Hoffman.

"Hannover Street" with Harrison Ford & Christopher Plummer has got to be one of the most ... (trying to find a word here...) bittersweet, heaviest movies ever, and the score is beyond beautiful. Downright haunting. I break up during the opening credits!

[HeleenieWeenie]

Originally Posted by DreamWeavin

I find movies that don't win major awards to be some of the most entertaining.
One of my all time favorites is Coupe Deville. Stars Alan Arkin, Patrick Dempsey, Daniel Stern and others. I won't give away the plot but it's a feel good movie with a meaning.
Another I happened across and really like is Tea With Mussolini. I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Cast includes a great performance by Cher, Maggie Smith,Judi Dench,Lily Tomlin,Joan Plowright. It is sort of a complex movie but well worth watching.

I totally agree with the (nobody blowing a horn) for the "Tea w/Mussolini". I also, find that Cher is FANTASTIC when she plays in movies. I wish she would have done some more during that time when she played the mother of the lion-faced boy? what was that his name was rockie, and she was a biker mom named Rusty? the name of the flick was "Boy in the Mask? or Mask" something like that,,,,and when she played (during those yrs.) the woman that slapped the sh*t outta Nick Cage in her other appearance (winning the Oscar) that year for it.

I recently saw a foreign (swedish) film that WAS HORRIBLE, stupid unless you were on LSD, so I guess that's what I missed. Called "Songs from the Second Floor"...set in the future with the symbolisms, artsie-fartsie kinda thing....It had to be explained to you with "well, the scuba gear-wearing businessman represented the struggle for rights of bla bla bla".... OOoohhh I hate that kinda sh*t.... I'm not an idiot but then again, I shouldn't have to "interpret" a film/art/music thru some other ass**le's left brain, eh? fuggaboudit!!!
whew, I guess that makes me feel better anyone else felt cheated with an Artsie film like that? that is to say; every Critic raving about it, and you "JUST DONT GET IT".