The Overrated, the Disappointing, and the downright Awful (29 titles)

25.8% from 24 members

I thought this was gonna be a great film.....I ended up falling asleep an hour into it and was very disinterested. Philip Seymour Hoffman was very good but it didn't make up for the rest of movie. This goes into the disappointing category.

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Capote on DVD (2005)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Bennett Miller
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In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman CApote, famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee, writer of soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 36,698 members

Summer Of Sam

I actually liked this movie but this wasn't one of Spike Lee's best films. I would still recommend it cause it's entertaining

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Summer Of Sam on DVD (1999)
Starring: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino
Director: Spike Lee
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SUMMER OF SAM, Spike Lee's sizzling interpretation of the summer of 1977 in New York City, when thermometers shattered and a serial killer terrorized the city, focuses on an Italian-American community in the Bronx specifically, Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo), a couple whose ..read more »

Rate this: 62% from 3,047 members

The Station Agent

If I came to you and said "I have a movie that's about a midget who inherits a train station and befriends a some girl that lives down the road and a guy that owns a hot dog truck" would you be interested in seeing it? I don't care what the independent buffs say or the "slice of life" people who think that if you don't like this movie you're not intelligent......THIS MOVIE WAS AWFUL!!!!

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The Station Agent on DVD (2003)
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams, Peter Dinklage
Director: Thomas McCarthy
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When his friend and co-worker suddenly dies, train enthusiast Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) inherits an abandoned railway station in rural New Jersey. A dwarf who avoids social contact whenever possible, Fin treks out to the property and moves in. However, his newly isolated life is disrupted by ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 20,569 members

Highway

This was very dissappointing. You'd think a movie with Jake Gyllenhal, Jared Leto, and Selma Blair would be good but maybe I had high expectations for this.

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Highway on DVD (2001)
Starring: Selma Blair, Jared Leto, Jeremy Piven
Director: James Cox
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Young nihilistic Jack (Jared Leto) has a sleazy affair, bedding a woman with underworld connections. He must then flee for his life from her shady associates who are out for his blood. He joins up with his kooky buddy Pilot (Jake Gyllenhal) and the two hit the road in a beat up, but photogenic ..read more »

Rate this: 56% from 539 members

Freedomland

This movie was just ok.....I ended up not liking it because of Julianne Moore. She was annoying in this movie.

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Freedomland on DVD (2006)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco
Director: Joe Roth
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Samuel L. Jackson plays Lorenzo Council, a veteran police detective who is assigned the case of Brenda Martin, a woman from a neighbouring town who claims to have been carjacked...

Rate this: 53% from 6,906 members

Resident Evil - Apocalypse

The first one was really good. For anyone who is an avid fan of the video game don't see this....it's AWFUL

Resident Evil - Apocalypse on DVD (2004)
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
Director: Alexander Witt
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Alice (Milla Jovovich), one of only two survivors of a contained biochemical disaster, is still in the heart of Raccoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and has super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be ..read more »

Rate this: 60% from 27,856 members

A.I. - Artificial Intelligence

This film was pretty good it was just about a half hour too long. I like the fact that Spielberg did this for Stanley Kubrick but the story line got dragged a bit.

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A.I. - Artificial Intelligence on DVD (2001)
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Director: Steven Spielberg
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A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David (Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha (a futuristic term for a mechanized human being) designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally, things do not go as planned, ..read more »

Rate this: 53% from 21,644 members

S.W.A.T.

This was just terrible.....way overrated and terrible.

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S.W.A.T. on DVD (2003)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: Clark Johnson
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A movie adaptation of the 1970s television series, this is the story of Jim Street, a special tactics team member. Street is demoted after his partner shot dead a hostage but he is given another chance to prove himself...

Rate this: 60% from 35,224 members

Daredevil

probably one of the worst movies i have ever seen. To tell you the truth I saw it on a plane so it wasn't a complete waste of time. There was nothing better to do at the time....but this was terrible.

Daredevil on DVD (2003)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
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The latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen is Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a man blinded by a radioactive chemical accident as a young boy but left with superhuman senses and agile acrobatic ability. Like his Marvel compatriot Spider-Man, Daredevil attempts to lead a normal life by day as ..read more »

Rate this: 52% from 25,276 members

Phone Booth

Colin Farrell can really stink em up......I'd put Miami Vice on this list but I haven't seen it yet.....actually I don't think I will watch it.

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Phone Booth on DVD (2003)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Joel Schumacher (8 MM, FALLING DOWN) directs this suspense drama set in New York City's Times Square. A wannabe hotshot entertainment publicist who's more intent on posturing for his unpaid assistant than he is in actually working, Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) ducks into a phone booth to make his ..read more »

Rate this: 63% from 36,717 members