A little while ago I put up a post called “Movies that didn’t deserve to Bomb”. Basically I wanted to give some props to a couple of films that deserved much more attention from the public and better box office performance than they got. Anyway, there were over 50 comments and about 50 more emails on top of those with even more movies mentioned that fall into that category.
So, for the next little while, I’m going to do a “Films that deserved Better” series. Each day I’ll quickly highlight (not full out review) a great movie that didn’t perform well. And today, to start things off, I’m going to mention “A Mighty Wind“.
Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
A Mighty Wind pulled in just over $17 million, and yet scored an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Personally, I think the film should have scored even higher. From the same minds that gave us Spinal Tap and Best In Show, this film has all the rich subdued outrageousness of its predecessors. The cast was amazing (especially Eugene Levy who just made me laugh my guts out ever time he was on the screen.
Well paced, well directed, funny as hell and it made me want to run out to rent Best In Show again (another film that will probably be on this list soon).
So for the scores of you who have never treated yourself… I highly recommend running out and renting this puppy this weekend. You’ll thank me later.
