25 Movies That Got Terrible Reviews

The terrible things they said about it:

From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Do you really want to spend money watching what is essentially marginality, or would those dollars be better used to see a better film or even buy a good book?”

From Rolling Stone: “Get out your pooper-scoopers.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the Chicago Tribune: “Dreadful.”

From Roger Ebert: “Watching the movie is like attending a party you weren’t invited to, and where you don’t know anybody, and they’re all in on a joke but won’t explain it to you.”

From the New York Times: “Apparently too much eye of newt got into the formula for Hocus Pocus, transforming a potentially wicked Bette Midler vehicle into an unholy mess.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the Baltimore Sun: “You feel as if you’re being smothered in cotton candy by a director obsessed with infantility and who cannot bear to face the reality of childhood.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the New York Times: “This film was made very quickly by animation standards, and the haste shows.”

From the Houston Chronicle: “In basketball terms, Space Jam is more akin to the ‘garbage time’ that concludes lopsided games, when reckless playing is no substitute for the real thing.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Rolling Stone: “No matter how much cash Hook earns, it will take more than pixie dust to fly this overstuffed package into our dreams.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Roger Ebert: “A gloomy special-effects extravaganza filled with grotesque images, generating fear and despair.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Variety: “Two trips to the convent is one too many.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Roger Ebert: “Is this a children’s movie? I confess I do not know. Millions of kids will go to see it. There used to be movies where it was bad for little kids to hurt grown-ups. Now Kevin bounces bricks off their skulls from the rooftops, and everybody laughs.”

From the Las Vegas Mercury: “So, so bad.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Entertainment Weekly: “If I were a 9-year-old boy, there’s a possibility I’d find this little fantasy on the theme of rampant consumerism sort of cool.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Variety: “Very young children may find the numskull, by-the-numbers gags here amusing, but teens will consider this kids’ stuff and adults will be pained.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Las Vegas Weekly: “A fantasy that teaches girls that popularity and material possessions are the most important things in life and will fall right into your lap if you’re adorable enough”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the Houston Chronicle: “The vast majority of me — which is not 11 — wanted several times to run screaming into the lobby and plunge my head into the nacho hot-cheese cauldron.”

From the New York Daily News: “If you like your burger well-done, you’re in for a disappointment.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Mountain Xpress: “Everyone involved ought to be sent home alone — with no supper.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Medium Popcorn: “The acting was terrible. Sometimes the actresses couldn’t even act like they were friends…”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the Good Morning America: “In a lame attempt to amuse older teens, She’s the Man manages to alienate the parents of the younger ones with tampon jokes.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From RTE Ireland: “These diaries have too many dull pages and not enough juicy bits to keep you interested.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From Time Out: “Very lame ice-hockey flick.”

From the Washington Post: “Older escorts might want to bring a novel and a flashlight, or a Walkman or portable television with earphones.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From the Observerl: “More an exercise in how to lose an audience in 10 minutes.”

The terrible things they said about it:

From CNN: “What’s the plot?” you may be asking. Well so am I.”