10 Underrated Recent Movies That Deserve A Second Chance

Figuring out what exactly the reaction to Ghostbusters 2016 is is tricky. There's those who praise it as a fresh, alternative modern movie, while for others it's the final step in Hollywood's desecration of every Gen-Xer's childhood. It's so unremarkably divisive, with no real lock on opinion; I've seen people who you'd expect to love it dismiss it with the brutality of the Ghostbros pre-release. Personally, I'm somewhere in the middle, finding it totally fine, and as a result have been told I'm both going far too lenient and restrained because of all the hate surrounding it.

And that's the thing; the movie is simply impossible to view in isolation. Controversy had been swirling around since an all-female main cast was just a rumour and only intensified after the iffy trailers and a small sect of the fanbase emerged desperate to destroy it, so a general understanding of what it really is (clue: an affectionate remake of a movie that really shouldn't be all that sacred) will take time.

It may not be the best movie on this list (in fact I'd say it's the weakest), but Ghostbusters: Answer The Call (that subtitle will work wonders down the line) is the one that's most needing of some independent reappraisal.