October 26, 2005
Most Underrated Movies of the Last 10 Years
The humor weekly The Onion has a list of the most underrated films of the past decade in its critically literate and readable Onion A.V. Club section. The list is a straightforward set of blurby reviews laying out the merits for the most underated films, one for each year from 1996 to 2004. Additional cinematic examples are presented for each year surveyed. Not surprisingly, the critically-lashed Vincent Gallo film The Brown Bunny is the pick for most underated flick of 2004. Also listed and reviewed are Office Space, Starship Troopers, American Psycho, Dead Man, and Josie and the Pussycats. We've seen about half the films on the list, and except for a one, we agree that the films we've seen probably deserved more critical or commercial acclaim (or ideally both) at the time of theatrical release. It's nice to see that some of these films (Office Space being the prime example) age like fine wine and find a legion of fans many years later via DVD, cable, etc.
Essential Links
Who Will Love the Brown Bunny? A Decade Of Underrated Movies [The Onion A.V. Club]
Vincent Gallo Official Website
Posted by Robsam at October 26, 2005 12:21 AM
