Movies that surprised you...

[LoneStarSpur]

Thanks, Zhora. "Following" sounds really interesting. We'll have to check it out.

edit:
hmmm...this guy also did "Insomnia" and "Identity". Both good, but about halfway through "Insomnia" I was screaming, "We know he's tired!" at the screen.

-Randy (that's not the Royal 'we', but my wife and I LOL)

[chirospasm]

Memento Insomnia

[Zhora]

I swear I was awake through Insomnia, (well - physically awake), but I have almost no recollection of it at all. Not exactly a glowing recommendation, eh?

[LoneStarSpur]

Insomnia would have been much better if he had cut about 20 minutes worth of Al Pacino closeups showing how tired he was.

-Randy

[Tigrazhia]

I actually have another movie to add to my list of movies that surprised me...

"A mighty wind" ... I LOVED it! I just watched it the other night and now I can't stop... lol :-) It's way too addicting.

(I loved Best in Show too, but thought MW was better... "Waiting for Guffman" was funny too but in my opinion the lesser of the three)

[JORY'sMom]

One that comes to mind here is Mystery, Alaska. My hubby and I both enjoyed it a lot, while not expecting much.

[nlmcp]

Crossing Delancy (it's an older movie with Amy Irving, never heard of it or seen it, it's a nice little romantic comedy)

Never Been Kissed, was dragged there by a friend and thought it was a cute movie, couldn't believe how much the critics hated it.

Broken Arrow, had no interest in going, my husband dragged me. I loved it, thought it was interesting and funny.

I'm sure there are more but that is all I can think of right now

[moviemuse]

Mystery, Alaska was a good one! I was expecting an okay sports movie (I'm not really into hockey), and I really loved it. Thanks for the reminder!

[sheela]

I was very reluctant to watch what I thought was going to be another sports movie. But I ended up enjoying it, too.