I think that would be bubble boy. Such a silly story. Imagine being in a bubble all your life thinking that you'll die if anyone gets you out of it. Some of the scene that made the movie a lot silly is when he did travel to search for the girl he love.

Underrated comedies?

Hmmm....probably going to get a bit of flack here...

Drop dead Fred
Crimewave (early Sam Raimi film)
Churchill - The Hollywood years
Hollywood Shuffle
Guesthouse Paradiso
Flowers in The attic

Scary Movie 3 B+ ( Great trilogies come in threes)

Shawn of the Dead (A romantic comedy with zombies) B

Dracual Dead and loving it was awful- even worse than Wrongfully accused (both starred Leslie Nielson). Strangely, despite Wrongfully Accused being a mostly awful film, it features a scene thatmade me laugh hard more than any other scene in cinema- where the train that Leslie Nielson escapes from (as Harrison Ford did in The Fugitive) follows Leslie through the woods.

Most under-rated comedies-

Rushmore was mildly amusing in a clever 'The Graduate' kind of way, and it was generally regarded well by critics, but not many people saw it.

There's something about the mary- the film itself is highly regarded by many (but not by enough older people) but people concenrate too much on the slapstick/gross-out parts and Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz's perfomances. Matt Dillon deserved an Oscar for his comic timing and his sense of under-statement in this. I'm not kidding- comedy is much harder to get right than drama is.

The Cable Guy- it has a large cult following now but many others can't see the humour, the humanity, the pathos and , yes, the likeability, behind the performance.

The adventures of Baron Munchausen- Oliver Reed married to Uma Thurman is not only funny -it's right.

I agree that the train scene in Wrongfully Accused was hilarious. Two films that I think are genuine modern comedy classics are LA Story and Crocodile Dundee.
An all time classic is, of course, Gigi. Despite the fact that it did do well at the box office and Oscar-wise, I still think Gigi would be underrated no matter how much acclaim it received. It's quite simply one of the funniest, most intelligent, and most energetic films ever made in my view.

thank god, for a second there I thought you said GIGLI. I almost had a heart attack. my nomination would be "Series 7: The Contenders"

a hilarious spoof on reality TV that was made right before there was any reality TV (97). hard to find but a real gem.

No, no, rest assured. 'Twas Gigi doth I hath said. Never heard of that thing you mentioned. Might make enquiries to the right people...

I am a big fan of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. I'm not exactly sure whats funny about it, but I laughed all the way through.

I recently saw In Her Shoes and thought it was much better than most reviewers considered it. I don't think it was one of the greatest movies of all time, but, given the sad lot of movies in 2005, it may have been one of the 10 best comedies in 2005. I lived in southern Florida for a while so I really appreciatd the depiction of the retirement culture there.

I quite enjoyed Cameron Diaz performance as well as Shirley MacLaine. This comedy was much more qualitatively deep and subtle than the run of the mill comedies. This comedy was had more careful attention to serious themes with good entertainment and acting value. It was one of the underrated movies of the year.

while it isn't really a comedy, American Psycho is the funniest film i have ever seen. ever.

Undercover Brother was more than just underreated it has been ignored. It was a great movie that hit on every single racial stereotypying possible. It was so well done. dave chapelle was hilarious. Very well written

Norm Macdonald's two movies are very underrated.

Dirty Work stars Norm and Artie Lang (MadTV, The Howard Stern Show) as buddies that are good at getting back at people who wrong them, and open a business doing it for other people.

Screwed stars Norm and Dave Chappelle as buddies that kidnap Norm's boss' dog, but botch it so badly that they keep getting themselves in worse and worse trouble. This movie has one of the lowest metascores ever (7 out of 100) but I thought it was a perfectly good comedy movie.

Shallow Hal
kung fu hustle
"dog show" At least I think that was the name of it. it might have been "best in Show" Fred Willard is so underrated

Along with "Best in Show" I have to offer "The Gods Must Be Crazy" as a great underrated, forgotten film. Technology enters the simplicity of tribal life through a coke bottle from the sky. What a novel way to introduce the mixing of those two worlds! Plus, in what other movie do you get to see a rhino stamp out a fire?

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Along with "Best in Show" I have to offer "The Gods Must Be Crazy" as a great underrated, forgotten film. Technology enters the simplicity of tribal life through a coke bottle from the sky. What a novel way to introduce the mixing of those two worlds! Plus, in what other movie do you get to see a rhino stamp out a fire?

I would proposed that The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984) is a quite stunning and unusual comedy but also that when it came out it did get the attention and notice of both critics and public when it came out, even to the point where a sequel was made and came out in 1989. From the standpoint of our attention span, the movie has faded from our memories until someone like you, thankfully, reminds us of its enduring qualities and for those who weren't lucky enough to have been around or heard of it when it came out.

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

I just saw this for the first time recently. It was god damned funny. I feel like a dick for going so long without seeing it.

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I am probably alone with this one, but I thought "Best in Show" was a great comedy. Watching a bunch of neurotics center their entire, pitiful lives around "dog shows" (yes, I love dogs) was fantastic entertainment.

I was thinking the exact same thing. This was one of the funniest movies ever made. Can't wait for For Your Consideration.

I guess I would say Super Troopers as it's the funniest movie I've ever seen, but it is not underated in the circles I'm in. Everybody knows about it and quotes it, but I have yet to see any mention of it in any threads on Metacritic. I was actually shocked it didn't have it's own thread.
Another great dark comedy is Grosse Point Blank and one that I'm sure not many people saw, Perpetrators of the Crime. Classic.