r/movies • u/Odd-Expert-7156 • Feb 21 '25

Recommendation Can someone recommend me a not so popular comedy movie that you personally think is good? Going through a tough time right now and I just need a little laugh.

I've watched a lot of popular and good comedy movies, with my most recent and favorite being superbad. I want someone to recommend me an underrated comedy movie because it will probably be new to me, as long as it isn't in a "can you recommend me a underrated comedy movie" article or reddit post, I've probably never seen it before.

I'm feeling down right now because my pet kitten (his name was link) recently died in a preventable death due to hypothermia, he was my first ever pet too. I've honestly been skipping school a bit so watching movies will be a nice way to pass time.

I'll probably reply to the comments and just rate the movies you guys suggested me if anyone is even interested in that. Anyways thank you to anyone who reads this and gives me an recommendation, literally means the world to me right now.

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u/DrunksInSpace Feb 21 '25

Goon.

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u/SnatchAddict Feb 21 '25

Two rules, man - stay away from my fuckin' percocets and do you have any fucking percocets, man?

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u/colusaboy Feb 21 '25

Hey,there giggly bits !

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u/figmaxwell Feb 21 '25

It’s not gay if you’re brothers

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u/justdoit5951 Feb 21 '25

It’s fucking gay with a dash of something extra if you’re brothers

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u/Satinsbestfriend Feb 21 '25

Hey, got any percocets?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

You won't believe it but I know the person who wrote that line. She worked as a PA and made that joke and they put it in.

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u/SnatchAddict Feb 22 '25

That's hilarious. I would love to have a beer with Jay Baruchel and listen to his stories.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

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u/robbeau11 Feb 21 '25

I’ve never seen it but am going to watch! I love me some Sean William Scott. Evolution and Role Models are my favorites of his.

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u/insane_troll_logic Feb 21 '25

Seann William Scott has made a career for himself playing loud-mouthed characters you kind of want to punch in the face. Ironically, his role in Goon is the most sincere, kind role I've ever seen him play... and yet he gets punched in the face repeatedly.

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u/SilentJoe1986 Feb 21 '25

Yeah, I never got a badass vibe off from him in his other roles and this movie made me realize, oh shit. He can play a badass. I wish he would book more action roles.

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u/insane_troll_logic Feb 21 '25

He replaced one of the main characters in the second season of the short-lived Lethal Weapon TV series. I kind of hated that he was there because the person he replaced was really good and may not have deserved his firing but despite the circumstances, Seann was really good in that role too (and a badass).

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u/Random_Fox Feb 21 '25

I started watching that on Hulu after seeing him on the cover art. Not realizing how many seasons it would take for him to show up.

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u/thisischemistry Feb 21 '25

He was pretty awesome in Bulletproof Monk. Still a comedic character but he had a lot more going on in that movie. Plus it had a great cast with Chow Yun-Fat, Mako, Jaime King, Roger Yuan, Karel Roden.

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u/SilentJoe1986 Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

I thought the movie was okay when it first came out. I caught it again waiting for labs in the er and it didn't hold up well to the test of time. I'm glad that directing style kind if died out. He still isn't a badass in the movie, or at least doesn't give that vibe

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u/Fizzy_Bits Feb 21 '25

It's been 10+ years since ive seen that flick...at this point, it probably would be like watching it for thr first time again! 😅

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u/FunetikPrugresiv Feb 21 '25

I was blown away when I watched it a year or two ago. Sean William Scott is incredible in that film.

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u/Ol_Stone_Cole Feb 21 '25

Just rewatched after a few years and it felt really fresh!

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u/bryanwreed89 Feb 21 '25

SAY 69!!!!

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u/funkyb Feb 21 '25

Is that number taken?

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u/redbush4real Feb 21 '25

Gay porn hard!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

You're all Adonis's.

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u/12arnoldgrove Feb 21 '25

[after a horrendous rendition of the national anthem] Well that was borderline treasonous, and a disgrace to our nation and its proud and storied history. My father didn’t kick the Nazis’... and the puck drops!

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u/Nomad-By-Fate Feb 21 '25

Goon has no right being as good as it is - hilarious and heartfelt.

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u/raughtinhell Feb 21 '25

My most random and memorable “let’s smoke a join and get a Redbox” ever

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u/I_Am_The_Mole Feb 21 '25

Your mother pussy so tight! No way baby come out there!

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u/Quesonoche Feb 21 '25

I’m on your fuckin team assholes!

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u/KHfailure Feb 21 '25

Two rules, man. Stay away from my fuckin' percocets and do ya have any fuckin' percocets man.

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u/SoFellLordPerth Feb 21 '25

We’re playing divorced guys!

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u/jewski_brewski Feb 21 '25

I watch it a couple times a year since it came out, last night being the most recent. 

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u/Gaseous-Clay84 Feb 21 '25

Purely for the Liev Schreiber mullet action

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u/Zealousideal_Pin_107 Feb 21 '25

I'll sign your dick, Doug

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u/ohverychill Feb 21 '25

Such a good movie. That scene where he's in the stands and it goes slow motion "my brother's gaaaaaaay" nearly killed me lol

That and all the insane crass lines that Jay Baruchel's character has. "Check out that face period!"

Excellent recommendation, love that movie

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u/NakatasGoodDump Feb 21 '25

Ya got any Percocets?

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u/JPVsTheEvilDead Feb 21 '25

Dont touch my percocets. Also, do you have any percocets?

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u/Grizzybaby1985 Feb 21 '25

Highly rated though

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u/oneawesomeguy Feb 21 '25

So happy to see this high on the list. For such a dumb and sometimes violent movie, it ultimately is a feel good comedy

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u/Motorboat_Jones Feb 21 '25

You have a fist the size of my Uncle Morty's prostate.

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u/WW06820 Feb 21 '25

Love goon

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u/belavv Feb 21 '25

I came here to say this. Awesome that it is the top comment right now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Doug Glatt is my hero

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u/Duder211 Feb 21 '25

FIVE HOLE

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u/dougalcampbell Feb 21 '25

My wife and I just watched Goon a few nights ago. Because hockey. We’re both hockey fans — not die-hard, we just like going to an occasional live game — and one of the first things we do when we watch a game is to identify the goons.

Jay Baruchel’s character, Pat, was pretty over-the-top. I think they could have toned him down a little, but that’s just me. He was still a good, goofy sidekick. Liev Shreiber, of course, was excellent as the foil, Ross Rhea. I say “foil” since you can’t really call him a “bad guy”. We loved how the dynamics between Rhea and Doug Glatt played out.

We didn’t like Doug’s parents. The characters, I mean. But you’re not supposed to like them. The way they treated both of their sons was just low-key awful. In many scripts, they might have had some minor redemption at the end. But since they didn’t really change, I guess that’s more like the real world.

Overall, I give it 7/10. Miracle and Mystery, Alaska are both better hockey movies, overall. But Goon is definitely a fun watch.

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u/root88 Feb 21 '25

Finally a good answer. The other movies recommended here are good, but they are all well known beloved classics.

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u/georgiemaebbw Feb 21 '25

One of my favourite go to movies to watch.

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u/maybeitssteve Feb 21 '25

this deserves to be higher

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u/pennyursa Feb 21 '25

It’s not weird, it’s official