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What movie did you expect would be terrible, but was actually really good?

    "The 40-Year-Old Virgin". I took a gander at that title on the marquee for Circle Centre mall in downtown Indianapolis and thought, "Wow, that's stupid. Who'd watch that?" It sounded too pathetic, maybe even mean-spirited. That was before the Apatow phenomenon had occured, of course. The rest is history. I've gone on since then to see others he has contributed to, "Knocked Up" and "Superbad", both hilarious, and also "Little Miss Sunshine" with Steve Carell, all pretty much on the basis of seeing that one movie.
    "Napoleon Dynamite" is another one I thought would suck more than it did, but it's not quite as strong as "Virgin". I get more references from it for jokes with friends, though.