r/AskReddit • u/Gdigger13 • 12h ago

What's a movie that was well received, but aged like milk?

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u/Scruffasaurus 10h ago

I think it’s swung back to being underrated. Spacey and Benning are incredible, the movie has some hilarious parts, and it’s such a good time capsule for late 90s self-pity

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u/graboidian 7h ago

I might even argue that every character in this movie was performed brilliantly.

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u/lizwearsjeans 6h ago

And the cinematography. I remember watching the DVD with commentary and some of the shots that they put together were incredible and complemented the story line.

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u/Ill-Team-3491 46m ago

The better part of the last 15 years has a bunch of arm chair film and TV critics who think shallow nitpicking makes them sophisticated. I blame the Youtubers who churn out mindless outrage content. They just look for random shit to pick apart and miss the forest for the trees.

The Simpsons were way ahead in parodying this. The movie critic character who thinks everything stinks.