What are the worst reviewed films in your top 100?

[Spinal]

Mine (using the Tomatometer):

Manderlay 51%
I am Curious Yellow 50%
Palindromes 43%

I'm surprised that I only have one film on there under 50%. I'm pretty sure Prospero's Books was really low at one point, but as of now, it's up to 67%.

[Watashi]

Probably Speed Racer.

[Spinal]

Probably Speed Racer.

Wow, I didn't realize it was that low. Silly critics.

[Boner M]

Without looking, I'd say Gremlins 2 and Lost Highway.

[dreamdead]

Looks like it'd be The New World (60%) for me. Not sure it was horribly villainized, but neither does it get everyone shaking their heads going, yeah.

[StanleyK]

Manderlay - 51%
The Fountain - 51%
The New World - 60% (used to be lower)

and judging by this site's directorial consensus, Pauline at the Beach (6.5/10)

[Spinal]

Without looking, I'd say Gremlins 2 and Lost Highway.

Gremlins 2 - 65%
Lost Highway - 56%

Surprised the Lynch film is that low.

[Boner M]

Surprised the Lynch film is that low.
It used to be something like 40%. Cool that G2 is better recognised than I'd thought.

Actually, The Wayward Cloud would probably make my revised top 100. That has 31 on metacritic (5 reviews, tho).

[Stay Puft]

demonlover - 48%
Takeshis' - 40%
A Snake of June - 56%

edit - Lost Highway would be on mine, too. Can't believe it was that low.
edit2 - not many reviews for the last two, though (5 and 9)

[Boner M]

Actually, The Wayward Cloud would probably make my revised top 100. That has 31 on metacritic (5 reviews, tho).
Hmm, it also has 2 pages on RT: One with reviews from US critic who rate it a 62, and one for the Brits who rate it an 82. Make up your mind, consensus!

[Sycophant]

Takeshis' - 40%

Oh, hell. Me, too, then. (I think Takeshis' would appear on my top 100. Top 200 at the very least.) Not sure what else wasn't well-received. I'll do ome more research.

I though Bullet in the Head would have a poor Tomatometer rating, but it's old and its few reviews are positive, so it's 100%.

[Bosco B Thug]

Not quite sure it's in my Top 100... but Birth at 38% is the one that springs to mind. Pshaw.

And probably Manderlay.

[Grouchy]

Well, I don't have an official Top100, but if I did:

Femme Fatale - 48%

[trotchky]

The Doom Generation - 50%
The Devil's Rejects - 54%
Velvet Goldmine - 54%
Last Days - 59%
The Loss of Sexual Innocence - 43%
Sweet Movie - 41%
Femme Fatale - 48%
Gummo - 29%
Margot at the Wedding - 51%
Marie Antionette - 54%
Funny Games (US) - 51%

Note: I don't actually have a "top 100" but these are all great movies.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Unbreakable at 67%

I guess I get along with critics.

[Grouchy]

The Devil's Rejects - 54%
Velvet Goldmine - 54%
Agreed, these two are unacceptable.


Margot at the Wedding - 51%
Marie Antionette - 54%
These two deserve worse.

[Derek]

Well, I don't have an official Top100, but if I did:

Femme Fatale - 48%

Not in my top 100, but WTF critics?

[MacGuffin]

Not in my top 100, but WTF critics?

Read James Bernardelini's "review". It almost hurts to see how badly he misses the point (he doesn't even understand the storyline).

[B-side]

I don't know about being in my top 100, but these are quite good(and haven't been mentioned):

Julien Donkey-Boy (Korine, 1999) 19%
Domino (T. Scott, 2005) 18%
Youth Without Youth (F. Coppola, 2007) 30%

[EyesWideOpen]

20. The Village - 42%
29. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - 55%
30. Vanilla Sky - 39%
77. Birth - 39%

Those were the only rotten films on my list. Although yeah I would have added Speed Racer if I made the list now. I was surprised some my top 100 were rated so highly (Sin City & Ichi the Killer for example).

[Ivan Drago]

Rocky IV - 44%
Lost Highway - 56%
Crank - 60%
Timecode - 66%

[origami_mustache]

Gummo

[eternity]

Orange County - 47%
The Hudsucker Proxy - 58%
Gummo - 29%
The Fountain - 51%
The Brady Bunch Movie - 59%
Storytelling - 55%
Tideland - 27%
In the Land of Women - 43%
Speed Racer - 36%

I'm quite the eccentric aren't I.

[B-side]

Ken Park (Clark/Lachman, 2002) 38%

[trotchky]

Dude, Where's My Car? - 17%

[Philosophe_rouge]

Marie Antionette - 54%
The New World- 60%
Trouble Every Day - 47%

[transmogrifier]

Lost Highway
Alien 3 (34%)

[Spinal]

Didn't realize there were so many Gummo fans. Top 100 strikes me as slightly crazy, but I like it all right.

[B-side]

Didn't realize there were so many Gummo fans. Top 100 strikes me as slightly crazy, but I like it all right.

I prefer his other 2. Gummo's still pretty good, though.

[MacGuffin]

I prefer his other 2. Gummo's still pretty good, though.

I'm guessing you're talking about julien donkey-boy and Mister Lonely?

[B-side]

I'm guessing you're talking about julien donkey-boy and Mister Lonely?

Indeed I am. Gummo may surpass Mister Lonely on a rewatch, though.

[Llopin]

Not necessarily in my top 100, but...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 48%

Always irritated me.

[soitgoes...]

Not necessarily in my top 100, but...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 48%

Always irritated me.
Yeah, it is about 40 percentage points too high.

[ContinentalOp]

Brother (46%)

I can see why it didn't do too well with the critics, but I'm crazy about Kitano. Like the characters, love the score, adore that basketball scene where no one was passing to the tough little Japanese guy who couldn't play to save his life.

[Llopin]

Kitano has always been a mixed bag in terms of critical reception, with the exception of a couple of flicks. Kikujiro wasn't much applauded either.


Yeah, it is about 40 percentage points too high.

Oh wait, people actually hate that film?

[Dukefrukem]

The Matrix Revolutions would be in there @ 37%

[Mara]

I don't have a top 100, but the last film I enjoyed that was badly reviewed:

Repo! The Genetic Opera: 33%

[Fezzik]

Unbreakable at 67%

I guess I get along with critics.

It looks like this one for me, as well.

I'm kinda surprised, actually. I trend toward mainstream stuff and yet, at least where my top 100 is concerned, the critics agree.

Biggest (pleasant) surprises:

Back to the Future (96%)
A Perfect World (85%) - I was beginning to think I was the only one who really liked this movie.

[Pop Trash]

Mister Lonely

I've really wanted to see this lately with all the MJ coverage going on now.

[Mysterious Dude]

Larry Clark's Bully (52%) I think is the only "rotten" film on my top 100.

[Grouchy]

Oh wait, people actually hate that film?
Not me, rest assured. Once again, if I had a Top100, it'd be there. If I had a Top10 for books, the source material would be there.

[trotchky]

I've really wanted to see this lately with all the MJ coverage going on now.

It's pretty average. At least Gummo was memorable.

[B-side]

It's pretty average. At least Gummo was memorable.

I'd say Mister Lonely is far from average. It's not great, but it's certainly not run-of-the-mill.

[trotchky]

I'd say Mister Lonely is far from average. It's not great, but it's certainly not run-of-the-mill.

I don't know. It has some really funny moments and a few great shots, but I don't feel like it amounts to much.

[B-side]

I don't know. It has some really funny moments and a few great shots, but I don't feel like it amounts to much.

I'd be hard-pressed to really disagree. I took issue with your use of the word "average" thinking you were insinuating an excess of cliches, which I obviously disagree with. But yeah. It's not great and is certainly toned down, though Korine still slipped his commentary in there.

[Morris Schæffer]

Although my top 100 isn't definitive at this point, I would say:

The Delta Force
Executive Decision
First Blood

[Skitch]

Gummo

Thats the first film I thought of, but then I saw TOP 100. I was gonna charge in here and name as many 0/10 movies as I could.

[eternity]

Mister Lonely was merely just good, but I think it shows that Harmony Korine has really matured a lot as a filmmaker. It's his most refined work, for sure.

[balmakboor]

I'm not about to check all 100, but from the looks of it The Fountain is my lowest rated.

I think Gummo is great btw.

[Spinal]

I'm not about to check all 100, but from the looks of it The Fountain is my lowest rated.



I didn't check all 100 by the way. I don't need to check Seven Samurai to know that it's not sitting at 47%. :)

[trotchky]

Not me, rest assured. Once again, if I had a Top100, it'd be there. If I had a Top10 for books, the source material would be there.

I agree on both counts, although I'd probably substitute On the Campaign Trail for Las Vegas.

[trotchky]

Mister Lonely was merely just good, but I think it shows that Harmony Korine has really matured a lot as a filmmaker. It's his most refined work, for sure.

If "niceness" equals "maturity," maybe. Personally I'm happy to be made to feel a little uncomfortable by a genuinely powerful work, and Gummo is about a million times more powerful than Mister Lonely.

[balmakboor]

I didn't check all 100 by the way. I don't need to check Seven Samurai to know that it's not sitting at 47%. :)

I like to think that all of the others on my list are at least ripe. If I found out that Slacker was rotten, I'd have to start shooting me some critics. I decided it was better to just leave things be.

[balmakboor]

If "niceness" equals "maturity," maybe. Personally I'm happy to be made to feel a little uncomfortable by a genuinely powerful work, and Gummo is about a million times more powerful than Mister Lonely.

I should see Mister Lonely just for completeness sake. Korine's first two movies are so strange and interesting and moving (yes, I said moving) that I have a feeling it will pale by comparison. Something about it just doesn't look as compelling to me, probably why I haven't seen it yet.

[B-side]

I should see Mister Lonely just for completeness sake. Korine's first two movies are so strange and interesting and moving (yes, I said moving) that I have a feeling it will pale by comparison. Something about it just doesn't look as compelling to me, probably why I haven't seen it yet.

Julien Donkey-Boy was Korine chronicling his schizophrenic uncle, and his fondness for his uncle shows.

[Pop Trash]

Julien Donkey-Boy was Korine chronicling his schizophrenic uncle, and his fondness for his uncle shows.

I liked this until the ending. The ending was head slappingly retarded. And I realize the characters aren't supposed to be the sharpest tools in the shed, but still...

[BuffaloWilder]

I'll throw in for Fear and Loathing as well, certainly. And, I'll toss in K-PAX, which has something like a forty two percent, just for good measure - though, I don't know if I'd necessarily put that in my top 100.

[BuffaloWilder]

Not me, rest assured. Once again, if I had a Top100, it'd be there. If I had a Top10 for books, the source material would be there.

I've always been confused by the weird reception the film received, here in the states.

[Pop Trash]

Off the top of my head, I'd guess Revenge of the Nerds, Pump Up the Volume, and Joe vs. The Volcano. Possibly Darkman and Point Break too.

[trotchky]

I've always been confused by the weird reception the film received, here in the states.

I think most people don't get that it is not meant to be a literal adaption of the book but a reaction to the book's legacy.

[Grouchy]

I think most people don't get that it is not meant to be a literal adaption of the book but a reaction to the book's legacy.
It is a pretty literal adaptation of the book, though. As a result of that, I don't think most of the people who really hated it would like reading the book.

[trotchky]

It is a pretty literal adaptation of the book, though. As a result of that, I don't think most of the people who really hated it would like reading the book.

I don't know about that. You're right about it being a literal adaption, but in terms of style and tone, it's pretty different from the book. Hunter S. Thompson's writing is a lot less...kitschy, I guess. I really think the movie is a meta-textual experiment, of sorts.

[BuffaloWilder]

I don't know about that. You're right about it being a literal adaption, but in terms of style and tone, it's pretty different from the book. Hunter S. Thompson's writing is a lot less...kitschy, I guess. I really think the movie is a meta-textual experiment, of sorts.

Tonally, I thought it more or less hit the mark - remember, that Fear and Loathing came about as an alternative project that Thompson could 'unwind and go crazy' with while dealing with the Rubin Salazar story.

[trotchky]

Tonally, I thought it more or less hit the mark - remember, that Fear and Loathing came about as an alternative project that Thompson could 'unwind and go crazy' with while dealing with the Rubin Salazar story.

Yeah maybe...I need to rewatch it. I can't really remember it (lol).

[Llopin]

I know people who are huge fans of the book but dismiss the film as a failed effort, so while it is a rather linear adaptation of it, Gilliam does evidently spread his smegma all over the original work, to curious results. I suppose it depends on your perception of Thompson´s ideas and words, which in my case is close to that of Gilliam´s (and I did read the book before watching the film).