Top Critics Name Worst Movies Of 2024
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Critics have picked the worst movies of 2024, which includes films featuring the likes of Chris Pine, Dennis Quaid, Zack Snyder and even Mickey Mouse.
While Hollywood has given fans plenty of reasons to rejoice with such critical successes as… Inside out 2, Deadpool Wolverine and Long legs– And recently films like Brutal, Completely anonymous and Nosferatu-The film industry has produced its share of critical failures as well.
Some of the films that attracted the ire of critics were big-budget films, while others were independent films featuring the work of A-list stars.
Here are some of the films critics have targeted from their “worst” lists of 2024.
Chris Pine’s “Poolman” sinks to the bottom
diverse Film critics Owen Gleiberman and Peter Debruge both had a list that they believe are the five worst films to hit theaters in 2024.
Gleiberman’s pick for fifth-worst film of the year was Lisa Frankenstein– Directed and written by Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late acting icon Robin Williams Juno Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody.
“It’s a murderous teen romance that feels like the most needlessly complicated movie in the world,” Gleiberman wrote of the brutally-themed romantic comedy. SNL fee.”
the end– A comedy film starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon – ranked fourth on Gleiberman’s list of worst films, while Reaganstarring Dennis Quaid as President Ronald Reagan, took third place.
“Released just in time to hasten Trump’s victory, the Ronald Reagan biopic was a hit in theaters, playing to an audience nostalgic for bad TV movies again,” Gleiberman wrote of the film.
Gleiberman wasn’t the only critic to criticize Reagan. The film also received a collective rating of 18%, “Corrupt,” out of 68 Rotten tomatoes Critics, but this The fans were not deterred Than go see the movie anyway.
No. 2 on diverse The critics’ list was a satire of the genre Rumorsstarring Cate Blanchett, while Chris Pine earned the ignominious distinction of being made the No. 1 worst film on Gleiberman’s list with Pullman.
“Even if you’re a Chris Pine fan, you may stare in amazement at this absurd disaster of L.A. noir, which he directed, co-wrote and starred in,” the critic wrote in his review. diverse.
“DogMan” was for dogs
diverse Critic Peter Debruge named Netflix’s space sci-fi adaptation Rebel Moon: Director’s Cut As its pick for the fifth worst film of 2024.
“Honestly, can you think of anything more gratuitous or unnecessary than two parts star wars A knockout directed by pop culture remix artist Zack Snyder? “How about a bloodier (but strangely sexless) six-hour cut from the same movie,” Debruge wrote.
No. 4 on Debruge’s list was the big screen adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic children’s book Harold and the Purple PenStarring Zachary Levi. Meanwhile, writer-director Johnny Mac’s satirical film The Church Not another church movie— starring Vivica A. Fox and Mickey Rourke — ranked third on critics’ “worst” list.
No. 2 on Debruge’s list was the horror film that tells the story of Mickey Mouse Mousetrapthe latest film to brutally exploit a beloved character who becomes available for the hack and dice in the public domain, Winnie the Pooh-style.
“The film offers no scares and countless questions, like why can he teleport, and why would anyone scream after seeing a man wearing a Mickey Mouse mask?” asks Debruge in his review.
No. 1 on the list of worst Debruge films is the crime thriller from writer-director Luc Besson DogManStarring Caleb Landry Jones.
“Third rate bison joker “The scam is ill-considered on every level — a complex act of misplaced empathy as a police psychologist struggles to tame a severely traumatized stranger who literally grew up in a dog kennel,” Debruge wrote.
Metacritic also names the worst movies of 2024
While some individual critics have named the worst movies of 2024, critic aggregation sites like Metacritic It also compiled a list of the worst films shown in cinemas last year.
Metacritic The list consisted of 15 films, which included high-profile animated releases such as Garfield movie (No. 14) and the disastrous version of Crow Starring Bill Skarsgard (No. 13).
Also made Metacritic The “worst” movie list was director Eli Roth’s adaptation of the blockbuster video game Border areas (No. 8) and a failed Marvel movie Madame Web (No. 6), starring Dakota Johnson.
Get first place Metacritic The list of worst movies of 2024 was a dark sci-fi horror comedy Luminawhich featured only one notable name – Eric Roberts – and who only appeared in a cameo role.
Metacritic The film’s synopsis noted that it was the only film to have a single-digit Metascore rating (6 out of 100) all year.
“You might laugh at parts of it LuminaCritics have certainly done so, pointing out that the humor was not intentional – but the nearly two-hour film is perhaps too long to justify watching it ridiculously. Metacritic Summarize reading in part.
Here’s the full list Metacritic The 15 worst movies of 2024, plus their respective Metascores.
15. Deadly heat (33)
14. Garfield movie (31)
13. Crow (30)
12. Pullman (29)
11. scared (28)
10. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (27)
9. Mary (27)
8. Border areas (26)
7. History of evil (26)
6. Madame Web (26)
5. Crazy house (23)
4. Reagan (22)
3. Duchess (22)
2. City of dreams (14)
1. Lumina (6)
while Rotten tomatoes A list citing the worst films of 2024 has not been released, but a search of the site reveals that the review aggregator has already provided one One movie 0% “Rotten” This year’s ranking.
Action movie Sylvester Stallone shield It received a low score – based on 23 reviews – when it was released in November.
