What are the films you really liked but the critics didn't?

[singlecoil]

My wife and I watched Practical Magic this afternoon. We've seen it now at least four times. We consider it a really charming film with many memorable scenes. Out of curiosity I looked it up on Wikipedia and learned to my surprise that on Rotten Tomatoes it's rated at 22%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Magic#Crit...

Just goes to show how tastes vary.

[ShredderXLE]

Dune - the David Lynch one. One of my favourite films.

[singlecoil]

I really liked the Mads Mikkelson film Polar, watched it a few times now. Critics didn't

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_(film)#Critica...

[P5BNij]

‘Get Carter’ - it was panned by several critics when it was released in ‘71, along the lines of being a depressingly bleak view of Britain with no redeeming features whatsoever.

[Sheets Tabuer]

P5BNij said:

‘Get Carter’ - it was panned by several critics when it was released in ‘71, along the lines of being a depressingly bleak view of Britain with no redeeming features whatsoever.

The line you're a big man but out of shape is something I use all the time to the complete loss to those I say it to, I must look like a complete bellend.

[BritishBlitz87]

The Internship with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, just because I wanted a simple feelgood movie and it did what it said on the tin.

It got a lot of bashing for being a two hour advertisement but I thought they came out of the film looking pretty terrible if I'm honest, after watching it I'd rather scrub dishes for a living than work for Google. The corporate nonsense the organisers came out with was quite clearly recognisable as such to anyone with half a brain. it would be less of a film if they made a movie about the tech company without all the cultish propaganda.

Was it a groundbreaking tour de force? No, but you know what? It was cute. It was funny, not laugh out loud like a decent British comedy but all the jokes landed well, most importantly, it made me smile throughout!

Well worth the 50p I paid for the DVD

[P5BNij]

Sheets Tabuer said:

P5BNij said:

‘Get Carter’ - it was panned by several critics when it was released in ‘71, along the lines of being a depressingly bleak view of Britain with no redeeming features whatsoever.

The line you're a big man but out of shape is something I use all the time to the complete loss to those I say it to, I must look like a complete bellend.

We used to have a guy at work called Eric, on one occasion I said to him ''grey suits you Eric'', I got a funny look, not surprisingly

[anonymous-user]

Pretty much every Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie ever made. The Running Man, Total Recall, Predator, Commando, Red Heat, Raw Deal, True Lies, Last Action Hero, T1, T2, The Expendables, etc.

Also, all of the 'Fast and Furious' movies up to No 7.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 3rd March 13:43

[singlecoil]

A classic example is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". At the time, most critics hated it. It's gone from being one of the worst to one of the best

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_S...

I'm saw it when it first came out and I loved it. Even bought the soundtrack album.

[A Winner Is You]

The Friday the 13th series, hated by critics, only one gets close to being an objective good film (part 6), but they all just have a certain low budget charm to them which is badly missing from so many other films.

[Muzzer79]

Knight and Day (Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz) is a good, fun action/comedy in my view.

The Tourist (Angelina Jolie/Johnny Depp) likewise.

But my main guilty pleasures have to be:

Smokey and the Bandit (1 & 2)
The Cannonball Run (1 & 2)

Every Fast and Furious film.

[antipodes40]

A couple of guilty pleasures, "John Carter" and 'The Island". Neither has any real substance, but I enjoy them as daft action romps.

[Whats on Second]

ryan's daughter, it got such a panning director david lean stopped making films for 14 years.

the night of the hunter: critics didn't get it.

peeping tom: a bit before it's time.

[StevieBee]

Waterworld. By no means the greatest movies ever made but an otherwise pleasing way to spend a couple of hours and IMO, undeserving of the negative reviews it received to a level that all but killed off Kevin Costner's career.

[anonymous-user]

My guilty pleasure is Ridley Scott's A Good Year, 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, I absolutely love it

[Largechris]

Deuce Bigalow. Just seen it for the first time, need more of this sort of thing.

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

Oddly... The Thing. Critics hated it the time. Just goes to show you we all get it wrong sometime.

[Theraveda]

StevieBee said:

Waterworld. By no means the greatest movies ever made but an otherwise pleasing way to spend a couple of hours and IMO, undeserving of the negative reviews it received to a level that all but killed off Kevin Costner's career.

Agreed. I liked it. Seen it several times.

[Theraveda]

I liked "Jumper". Watched it for the 2nd or third time the other night. 15/44 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Besides, critics like pretentious sh!te, 5 hours long, shot in black and white with a weird aspect ratio, with dialogue in Inuit and subtitles translated by a Tibetan monk who speaks no English and music from Lou Reed's infamous "Metal Machine Music".

[blue_haddock]

Waterworld with Kevin costner.