More 'Bad' Movies I Love: The Cutting Edge

This weekend, I unpacked a box of DVDs into my new apartment, and I got a little jolt of happiness when I came across my copy of The Cutting Edge.

That's right: I love The Cutting Edge. The original The Cutting Edge, mind. I'm not sure what's going on with those ABC Family remakes that feature fake Doug Dorseys and Kate Moseleys.

My boyfriend already makes fun of me for this. In the interest of fair and balanced reporting, I'd like to point out that his DVD collection includes Freddy Got Fingered and Troy.

But here's the thing: I think The Cutting Edge is well-written. And to prove my point, I'd like to mention that it's written by the OSCAR-nominated Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Identity, Dolores Claiborne). It's his first movie actually. Secondly, I'm a sucker for chemistry, especially the I-hate-you-so-much-I-love-you-chemistry. And Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney have this in spades. Or should I say toe picks.

Speaking of D.B. Sweeney, he also goes on my list of underrated actors I dearly love. Once, on an early date, I scared my boyfriend because he mentioned D.B. and I breathed out something like "OhmygodyouknowwhoDBSweeneyis?!" There may also have been a shriek involved.

It turns out D.B. is also in some baseball movie or other (Okay, okay, I know it's Eight Men Out. You can't date someone who does this for a living and NOT know that, I guess). Hockey and baseball and figure skating?! So athletic.

I'd just like to point out that the early D.B.-discovery date has turned into us being together five years later, Graig. Not saying The Cutting Edge is entirely responsible for that but, you know, just putting that out there.

Doug can read!

It's a Helluva Day at Sea, Sir!

Everyone has them: movies you love that don't seem to get the credit you feel they deserve. The underrated gems. The cult classics or even the should-be-cult classics.

Here is one of mine: Overboard. This 1987 romantic comedy paired Hollywood dream couple (they are STILL together, people) Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Playing against type, Hawn is a rich not-nice-person-that-rhymes-with-witch who hires a "sweaty carpenter" to build a closet on her yacht. She ends up insulting the carpenter and then promptly falls off her boat and gets amnesia, and he ends up tricking her into thinking she's his hicktown wife and mother to this four hellraiser boys.

It was the 80s. Plots could be like this. In other words, weird, original, and hilarious.

First of all, Overboard is FUNNY. I could, and sometimes do, quote lines from it all day long ("I think I [hack] just swallowed a bug," "I was short AND fat?" "Normally, you look real pretty. You just don't now."). Second of all, the chemistry between Hawn and Russell is undeniably sizzling. Also, Kurt Russell manages to look dreamy donning a mullet and overalls. A cinematic feat if there ever was one.

If you haven't seen this fabulous comedy, I highly recommend it. And if you have seen it, then I need to ask: "No Boom Boom?"

What are some of your favorite underrated films?