A Star Is Born
In this second rendition of A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper star in this highly anticipated and critically acclaimed film. However, many audience members were left feeling underwhelmed and feeling tired of Hollywood remakes.
A Star Is Born
Avatar
While you simply cannot deny the quality of Avatar that used technology to revolutionize visuals, once you get past this, it’s pretty clear that the storyline of the movie is pretty flimsy. With underdeveloped characters and a predictable plot, the movie failed to wow many audience members.
Avatar
Bird Box
Bird Box is based on a book, and as is often the case, book readers were quite unhappy with the adaptation. While Sandra Bullock’s acting has been lauded by critics and audiences alike, the general consensus was that the movie has so much unexplored potential and lacked the depth of its original novel.
Bird Box
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Every time a classic beloved movie is remade, the new version faces intense scrutiny. Such was the case with Tim Burton’s adaptation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Even Johnny Depp wasn’t enough for some viewers, who were left wishing that the original would have been left untouched.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Boyhood
The very ambitious film Boyhood was beloved and acclaimed by movie critics. It took 12 years to film as it followed the adolescence of not just the characters but also the actors, who remained the same throughout the 12 years. Despite this impressive concept, many moviegoers felt that the story was still quite boring.
Boyhood
50 Shades Of Grey
While avid fans of the books were excited to watch the film adaptation of 50 Shades, it did not live up to the hype and was panned by fans of the book. People were critical of the dialogue and seeming lack of chemistry between the film’s two main actors.
50 Shades Of Grey
Her
This quirky fan was a critical darling, winning both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. However, not all filmgoers were compelled by the plot, which tells the story of a man who falls in love with a computer operating system called Samantha.
Her
Adventureland
Advenureland featured a cast of well known actors like Kristen Stewart, Jesse Einsenberg, Kristen Wiig, and Bill Hader. Yet this still wasn’t enough for everyone to love the coming of age tale that may have just been a little not relatable to many people who did not work in a theme park.
Adventureland
Crash
Although Crash beat out Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture in the 2005 Academy Awards, many people felt that this movie was quite overrated. While most people agree that the acting was top notch, the storyline deviated into being too dramatic.
Crash
Antz
While Pixar came out with A Bug’s Life, which was pretty much universally loved, Dreamworks came out with Antz the very same year. Unfortunately, Antz flopped with moviegoers despite the fact that critics actually quite liked it. Maybe there were just too many bug-related movies out!
Antz
Bend It Like Beckham
While Bend It Like Beckham has a small following of fans who loved it, most people felt that the storyline was a bit silly and very “Hollywood,” while Jonathan Rhys Myers did not play a convincing cool football coach.
Bend It Like Beckham
Nurse Betty
Nurse Betty was so critically acclaimed that it actually won the Best Screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. However, audiences were left confused by the plot, and even a star studded cast featuring Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, and Chris Rock couldn’t salvage it.
Nurse Betty
Colette
While critics enjoyed this film, audiences had several issues with it. First, people did not understand why the characters employed a southern US accent, even though the film is supposed to take place in France. Also, people felt the movie was mediocre despite the writer’s fascinating life story.
Colette
It Follows
It Follows does not follow the typical horror story format, which was why many critics absolutely loved it. However, this twist did not pay off for lots of moviegoers, who preferred a more traditional horror story type movie.
It Follows
Thirteen
Critics adored this dark coming of age story, and nobody can deny that Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood’s performances in this film were incredible. However, many people felt that this story was too exaggerated to be believable.
Thirteen
The Shape Of Water
The Shape of Water was given much praise from critics. However, its surreal fantasy qualities were a little too quirky for most moviegoers. Most people could not relate to the characters and felt that the story was too strange.
The Shape Of Water
The Notebook
While The Notebook was praised for many reasons including Rachel McAdams and Ryan Goslings’ undeniable chemistry, looking back on the 2004 film makes many people realize how silly and problematic the storyline is.
The Notebook
It Comes At Night
This film was given very high ratings and featured an intriguing premise: a family must hide away from an unnamed terror that’s threatening the world. However, the ending doesn’t really resolve anything, which left many audience members confused and diappointed.
It Comes At Night
The Shining
While The Shining is considered a classic by critics and movie buffs, many regular movie watchers don’t understand where the hype comes from. While recognizing its iconic status, many feel that this movie drags on for too long.
The Shining
Matilda
While many adore this childhood classic film, still many others do not understand the hype around it. They say that the film is simply too violent to be a children’s movie and that the plot was not as substantial as the original book’s plot was.
Matilda
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is one of the first movies brought up whenever 80’s films are discussed. While critics may still love this film, many moviegoers are less than impressed with the film these days. Maybe it just isn’t aging well, as the characters feel like stereotypes and not fully fleshed out.
The Breakfast Club
La La Land
La La Land was many awards the year it came out. However, despite this, many moviegoers simply could not understand why it was so beloved by critics. They said that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s singing and dancing simply wasn’t good enough, and the story was boring.
La La Land
The Beguiled
Sofia Coppola is quite the critic’s darling, and while her father is famed director Francis For Coppola, she has proven that she is just as talented as him. However, while The Beguiled was highly rated by critics, audiences quickly forgot about this film once it was no longer in theaters.
The Beguiled
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski, who everyone knows and loves from The Office, decided to take a step in a different direction by directing a horror movie. Critics absolutely loved it because of its high quality of filming, but audiences did not find it scary at all.
A Quiet Place
Inception
Inception was an ambitious movie by Christopher Nolan that achieved impressive visuals. However, many found the film’s plot to be too convoluted and felt that the movie’s hyper was quite overrated.
Inception
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody took on a massive task of telling the story of Queen and Freddie Mercury in particular. While the acting was top notch and the visuals impressive, many felt that the story jumped around too much and became too messy.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids features a seriously impressive cast of funny women, including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, and more. However, despite this, many moviegoers felt that the movie was very immature and
Bridesmaids
Slumdog Millionaire
While Slumdog Millionaire was universally loved by critics and even many audience members, a large portion of people were left unsatisfied after watching the movie. These are the people who had read the book that the movie is based on, and they were quite unhappy with the many changes that were incorporated into the film adaptation.
Slumdog Millionaire
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
While Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri features a talented cast of A-list actors and is highly rated by critics, for some reason, so many people did not like this movie. Some say that it’s because director Martin McDonough did not successfully achieve his goal of making a darkly comic drama.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Us
Us featured an amazing concept and a hard-to-predict plot twist. Even so, the plot became a bit too complex and led to confusion. Many audience members felt that they did not really understand what message the movie was trying to send, despite its impressive quality.
Us
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman failed to be the greatest movie in many people’s eyes. The issue that many moviegoers had with the film was that it did not feature a strong plot and that the dialogue was also weak and melodramatic for no reason.
The Greatest Showman
The Babadook
Many audience members were hooked by the praise that The Babadook received from critics. But after seeing the movie, they felt disappointed. Why was it that this horror film was not scary at all? The actual monster barely makes an appearance in the movie at all.
The Babadook
Logan
Logan was very promising as the film focuses on the most beloved X-Men character. However, moviegoers felt that the plot wasn’t cohesive and didn’t make much sense. They also felt that the movie played out as a Western and not a Marvel film.
Logan
Heathers
Heathers is an 80’s movie with a quirky plot that borderlines on completely absurd. The whole time you’re watching the movie, you can’t tell whether it’s the actual storyline or a dream sequence. This might be why critics rated it highly, or that may just have been because of Winona Ryder.
Heathers
Roma
While Roma was universally acclaimed by critics, audiences had a much more difficult time with this film. The film is shot very artistically, but people who watched it thought that the story was very boring and way too slow.
Roma
Romancing The Stone
Romancing The Stone is often regarded as a classic and was well received by critics when it was released. However, many moviegoers felt misled by the characterization of the film as an action movie, and felt that it was more of a romantic movie with some action in it as well.
Romancing The Stone
Saturday Night Fever
While critics absolutely adored Saturday Night Fever, with some even calling it one of the greatest films of the 1970’s and even of all time, not all moviegoers shared this opinion. Some people felt that while it was entertaining with amazing music and dancing, it just was not a very good plot.
Saturday Night Fever
James And The Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach is an animated film that was adapted from the book of the same name by children’s author Roald Dahl. The book has been a beloved classic for many years. While critics loved the film version, many people did not feel the same magic that they knew and loved from the original book.
James And The Giant Peach
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Many critics loved this adaptation of the children’s classic book of the same title. However, audience members felt that Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs did not successfully adapt the film. For example, sometimes things got a little too crazy and didn’t necessarily translate to funny.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls was highly rated by critics, but many audience members simply did not understand why. Many felt that the movie was quite conventional and does not convey the characters’ emotions very well.
Dreamgirls
