Saturday, August 11, 2012

Worst reviewed movies in 2012

  1. A Thousand Words
    0% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews
    "Dated jokes (A Thousand Words was shot in 2008) and removing Eddie Murphy's voice -- his greatest comedic asset -- dooms this painful mess from the start."
  2. One for the Money
    2% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 reviews
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  3. A Little Bit of Heaven
    4% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 reviews
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  4. The Devil Inside
    7% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 73 reviews
    "The Devil Inside is a cheap, choppy unscary mess, featuring one of the worst endings in recent memory."
  5. The Babymakers
    8% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews
    "The Babymakers mistakes raunch for humor and, despite a few sporadic laughs, wastes its otherwise capable cast on gross-out gags and misfired one-liners."
  6. Gone
    12% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 60 reviews
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  7. Piranha 3DD
    14% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews
    "It strains to up the gore and self-awareness of it predecessor, and -- despite some game celebrity cameos -- the result is a dispiriting echo of 2010's horror-comedy."
  8. The Watch
    16% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 104 reviews
    "The Watch uneasily mixes sci-fi elements with gross-out gags and strands its talented cast with a script that favors vulgarity over wit at nearly every turn."
  9. For Greater Glory
    16% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews
    "It has laudable aspirations, but For Greater Glory ultimately fails to fulfill its goals due to an overstuffed script, thinly written characters, and an overly simplified dramatization of historical events."
  10. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
    17% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 103 reviews
    "With a weak script, uneven CG work, and a Nic Cage performance so predictably loony it's no longer amusing, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance aims to be trashy fun but ends up as plain trash."
  11. The Lucky One
    21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 136 reviews
    "While it provides the requisite amount of escapist melodrama, The Lucky One ultimately relies on too many schmaltzy clichés to appeal to anyone not already familiar with the Nicholas Sparks formula."
  12. The Raven
    21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 118 reviews
    "Thinly scripted, unevenly acted, and overall preposterous, The Raven disgraces the legacy of Edgar Allen Poe with a rote murder mystery that's more silly than scary."
  13. Chernobyl Diaries
    21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 77 reviews
    "Despite an interesting premise and spooky atmospherics, Chernobyl Diaries is mostly short on suspense and originality."
  14. Darling Companion
    21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 72 reviews
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  15. Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
    21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 33 reviews
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  16. That's My Boy
    22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 95 reviews
    "While it does represent a new foray into raunch for the normally PG-13 Sandler, That's My Boy finds him repeating himself to diminishing effect - and dragging Andy Samberg down with him."
  17. October Baby
    22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews
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  18. The Samaritan
    22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews
    "The Samaritan is a ludicrous neo-noir starring a seemingly bored Samuel L. Jackson."
  19. What to Expect When You're Expecting
    23% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 127 reviews
    "The cast is stocked with likable performers, but What to Expect When You're Expecting is too disjointed -- and too reliant on stock rom-com cliches -- to live up to its distinguished literary namesake."
  20. High School
    24% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 50 reviews
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  21. 360
    24% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews
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  22. This Means War
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 159 reviews
    "A career lowlight for all three of its likable stars, This Means War is loud, clumsily edited, and neither romantic nor funny."
  23. Wrath of the Titans
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 154 reviews
    "Its 3D effects are an improvement over its predecessor's, but in nearly every other respect, Wrath of the Titans fails to improve upon the stilted acting, wooden dialogue, and chaos-driven plot of the franchise's first installment."
  24. Act of Valor
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 126 reviews
    "It's undeniably reverent of the real-life heroes in its cast, but Act of Valor lets them down with a clichéd script, stilted acting, and a jingoistic attitude that ignores the complexities of war."
  25. Seeking Justice
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews
    "Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance by Nicolas Cage."
  26. The Divide
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews
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  27. Mansome
    25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews
    "Mansome is a threadbare documentary with little insight into modern male maintenance, with useless celebrity interviews padding an already slim runtime."
  28. Project X
    26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 121 reviews
    "Unoriginal, unfunny, and all-around unattractive, Project X mines the depths of the teen movie and found-footage genres for 87 minutes of predictably mean-spirited debauchery."
  29. Underworld: Awakening
    27% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews
    "There's more vapid action and less story in Underworld Awakening than previous installments, making the whole affair feel inconsequential."
  30. Bel Ami
    28% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 85 reviews
    "Bel Ami contains some soapy pleasures but it overall rushes through the narrative and suffers from a vague central performance by Robert Pattinson."