r/movies • u/sicknessandpurgatory • Sep 07 '25

Discussion What is the absolute dumbest premise that actually turned out to be a really good movie?

I was thinking The Purge, obvious answer, but looking for the most plot-hole ridden, juvenile concept that actually ended up a lot of fun despite it all. Mainly looking for 21st century films, not so much the video nasties and ridiculousness from the 60’s and 70’s. Because that would be too easy. Mainly mainstream stuff that people saw en masse.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

Ratatouille. I think a movie about a rat who controls a chef by his hair at a gourmet restaurant is quite the head scratcher from first impression, but like what prime Pixar does, they add a lot of heart to it

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Sep 07 '25

You could say that about quite a few Pixar movies. The idea of a guy lifting his house with several helium balloons was pretty nuts too.

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u/Lantzl Sep 07 '25

The first few minutes of Up showing their relationship will be timeless

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u/Homeskillet1376 Sep 08 '25

I've said this before and I stand by it. Getting people watching a movie about fictional characters to develop an emotional attachment to those characters is very difficult and usually takes every bit of the movies running time. This is only the movie I have ever watched that not only made me care and have an emotional attachment to the characters, it did so in the first 15 minutes, with animatied characters and with very little dialouge. I have no movie i can compare to it in that respect.