A good movie

[Ralf]

A few people from a class of students of a vocational school I'm teaching asked me whether we could watch an American film in class. The lad who voiced the request didn't know if it was OK to watch a movie since it wouldn't be in real English. Funny guy. Of course I told him that American English didn't lack anything in terms of realness since most of the world assiduously cultivates this variety of our language. And no, I have never made any derogatory remarks about American English. I love America. I hope I got that right.

Anyway, I could watch any odd movie with them, but I'm sure that there are some Americans or Americaphiliates out there who could recommend one or two suitable flicks. It should appeal to your average youngster in his or her late teens, not be too hard to understand for pre-intermediate learners and at the same time convey a valuable image (positive, of course) of the land of the free.
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[Boke]

Think family or kid movies, those would be the easiest (certainly not easy though) I just used Back to The Future for an intermediate adult class and they got a good 65-80% of it

[Jamie (K)]

I think they'd probably get a kick out of Napoleon Dynamite. To some foreigners without any knowledge of American high school, it's not funny, but many of them get it.

A popular one from last year is Akeelah and the Bee. My friends from Iraq liked that one and The Pursuit of Happyness enough to see them twice, bringing their whole family the second time. I know some Germans who also liked those movies.

Ratatouille is out on DVD now. It's not about the United States, but it's pretty funny. Foreign friends liked this, because everybody had a foreign accent and was therefore easy to understand.

It's still in the theaters, but the movie Bella has been popular lately.

[Lost_Soul]

I like Office Space
Here is a link to a torrent of this movie if you care to download it from the net:
http://www.torrentz.com/727565aafc88ef7f060b0a4bde445b7f097cbc93

[Jamie (K)]

[Ralf]

Thank you for your suggestions! I think I'll go with The Pursuit of Happyness.
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