20 Most Horribly Misleading Movie Titles

By Gem Seddon /

8. Pineapple Express

What It Sounds Like: David Gordon Green€™s stoner comedy sounds more like an animated kiddies flick in the vein of Madagascar. A crate of tropical pineapples, freshly plucked, make their way across the globe to a gritty urban street market in London. The juicy fruits contend with planes, trains and automobiles in a comedy that John Hughes could have written. If he were desperate for another house.

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What It Actually Is: Well, sadly that potential pitch never came to... fruition. Green€™s stoner com brought Seth Rogen and James Franco together as smoker and dealer. The pineapple express is the street name for a particular strain of weed responsible for landing the pair in trouble.

What It Should Have Been Called: The Hash Runners

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