What is the best under rated tom hanks film?
March 12010
I’m surprised no one has said "Punchline" (1988), the edgiest performance Hanks has ever given. He plays an aspiring stand-up comic who kills onstage but whose personal life is a mess (disapproving dad who doesn’t know he’s dropped out of medical school to try to make it in showbiz; hopelessly unrequited crush on married fellow comic Sally Field). His stand-up scenes are funny, caustic, and brilliant, not just when he’s good, but also when he flops — you can practically smell the desperation. It was probably the last time (until "The Ladykillers") that he successfully played a guy who wasn’t a lovable Everyman.
ANother underrated Hanks movie I like is "Volunteers" (1985). Very funny, with great support from wife-to-be Rita Wilson and John Candy.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:13 am
Castaway, I thought it is was terrific.
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March 1st, 2010 at 9:25 am
Forest Gump….
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March 1st, 2010 at 9:34 am
BIG
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March 1st, 2010 at 10:08 am
Big.
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March 1st, 2010 at 10:14 am
My fave is Forest Gump (but thats not really under rated now is it?)
Gotta go with ‘The Terminal’.
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March 1st, 2010 at 10:38 am
i love love loveeeeee..
Forest Gump ^.^
gets me every timeeee <3
teeehheee
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March 1st, 2010 at 11:07 am
turner and hooch, the money pit, the burbs
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March 1st, 2010 at 11:31 am
Castaway
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March 1st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
It would be close between Big and Castaway.
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March 1st, 2010 at 12:52 pm
the green mile
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March 1st, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Forrest Gump was really underrated but
The Terminal
Big
Castaway
Splash(I think that’s what its called)
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March 1st, 2010 at 1:21 pm
That Thing You Do
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March 1st, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Philadelphia, catch me if you can,turner & hooch, apollo 13
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March 1st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
The Green Mile & The Money Pit AND Bachelor Party!! I love that film!
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March 1st, 2010 at 2:48 pm
You people are listing movies he was recognized for, or that did quite well in the box office. That is not what you call underrated……..in my opinion his most underrated film is "The ‘Burbs"…….funny flick!!
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March 1st, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Road to Perdition – excellent period gangster film!
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March 1st, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I would have to go with BIG or Turner and Hooch.
Turner and Hooch is more of an underrated film then BIG, but yeah.
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March 1st, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Turner and Hooch or The Green Mile
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March 1st, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Forrest Gump, The Green Mile and The Terminal aren’t really underrated.
I’d go with Turner and Hooch, Castaway, That Thing You Do, Saving Private Ryan, The LadyKillers, Catch Me If You Can, Toy Story. Apollo Thirteen.
Omg, The Burbs! No one ever mentions that any more.
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March 1st, 2010 at 5:56 pm
bachelor party
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March 1st, 2010 at 6:38 pm
How can you say Forrest Gump, The Green Mile and The Terminal were underrated… they even were nominated for awards… and did very well at the box office
I would say Big…
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March 1st, 2010 at 6:58 pm
turner and hooch
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March 1st, 2010 at 7:16 pm
The Ladykillers
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March 1st, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I’m surprised no one has said "Punchline" (1988), the edgiest performance Hanks has ever given. He plays an aspiring stand-up comic who kills onstage but whose personal life is a mess (disapproving dad who doesn’t know he’s dropped out of medical school to try to make it in showbiz; hopelessly unrequited crush on married fellow comic Sally Field). His stand-up scenes are funny, caustic, and brilliant, not just when he’s good, but also when he flops — you can practically smell the desperation. It was probably the last time (until "The Ladykillers") that he successfully played a guy who wasn’t a lovable Everyman.
ANother underrated Hanks movie I like is "Volunteers" (1985). Very funny, with great support from wife-to-be Rita Wilson and John Candy.
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