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GREAT MOVIES that Tomato & Popcorn Meters Forgot - Surprizing great films with Low Ratings by critics

872 194 February 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I am always looking for great films which the critics did not like / Low Ratings by critics
- GREAT MOVIES that scored low on Tomato & Popcorn Meters

FUN Entertainment topic - Understandably not everyone will agree and that is okay - No need to argue. Everyone is allowed to participate without criticism

I am not a fan of Horror Films other people love them; So
1) if Each Entry can have standard film type as the first word

And since there are so many remakes or dup titles
2) if you could put the year in second

A comment: Your Insight why its great
3) If you could say something about a film that makes it great

So this thread is not for the classics / Rated High by critics

Example of what I am Looking for - A film not so well rated Tomato 53/40 Popcorn meter
- The point of this forum is to find those hidden films that are Great

Film Category - Year - Title - Comment
- Thriller/Romance - Tequila Sunrise - 1988 - Just love the characters Michelle Pheiffer is Amazing, Whitty, & Sexy... great story Raul Julia, Mel Gibson, & Kurt Russel were all great


Additional examples - of Classics Films most everyone is familiar - These are films we do not need in the forum as the critics have given them high ratings

Film Category - Year - Title - Comment
Horror - 1983 - Cujo - then what you loved / why your recommending
Action - Top Gun - 1986
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02-20-2025 at 03:47 PM.
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Action, Suspense, Horror

No One Lives (2012)

For me, it's a cult classic. If you like the John Wick franchise then you might like it. Luke Evans
plays a mysterious driver who kidnaps an heiress and gets into it with a bunch of thugs. I like movies
where it doesn't quite follow the standard plot formula. Really wish there had been a sequel with a
bit more backstory on the connection between the driver and the heiress. Not too much though.
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procope
02-21-2025 at 10:41 PM.
02-21-2025 at 10:41 PM.
There are so many good movies that critics got wrong that I don't know where to start...
I stopped reading critics' reviews many years ago and since then mostly looking up for viewers' ratings and insider industry polls and opinions.
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02-22-2025 at 08:09 AM.
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Quote from procope View quoted comment :
There are so many good movies that critics got wrong that I don't know where to start...
I stopped reading critics' reviews many years ago and since then mostly looking up for viewers' ratings and insider industry polls and opinions.
Name one.
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02-22-2025 at 09:35 AM.
02-22-2025 at 09:35 AM.
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Name one.
Horror -- Sci-Fi --Thriller

Event Horizon (1997) [imdb.com]


An absolutely terrific movie, a classic in all regards. Has the 20% rotten at Tomatoes top critics...?? Just pathetic...

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/...op_critics
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02-22-2025 at 10:53 AM.
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Wrath of Khan, so bogus how Schindler's list cheated it out of it's rightful academy award that year.
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02-22-2025 at 08:17 PM.
02-22-2025 at 08:17 PM.
Last Action Hero for me
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02-22-2025 at 10:58 PM.
02-22-2025 at 10:58 PM.
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Horror -- Sci-Fi --Thriller

Event Horizon (1997) [imdb.com]


An absolutely terrific movie, a classic in all regards. Has the 20% rotten at Tomatoes top critics...?? Just pathetic...

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/...op_critics
I'll have to give that a rewatch. I'm with you when it comes to critics - never really cared what they have to say about movies.
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02-23-2025 at 09:36 AM.
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I'll have to give that a rewatch. I'm with you when it comes to critics - never really cared what they have to say about movies.

Before rewatching, check out the trivia.

https://www.theringer.com/2020/08...ive-amazon
https://theasc.com/articles/unear...nt-horizon

Of course, there are many more interesting facts about this movie than covered in these articles, but that is probably beyond the topic of this thread.
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04-08-2025 at 08:55 AM.
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Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)". Most top critics, like Roger Ebert, rated it rotten.
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04-09-2025 at 05:03 AM.
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Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)". Most top critics, like Roger Ebert, rated it rotten.
I rate him = douchebag
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04-09-2025 at 07:40 AM.
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I rate him = douchebag
Most professional critics are pompous, opinionated vultures. As I said in my first post here, I stopped looking for their opinions years ago. I have my own opinion about everything. Grin

There are a few exceptions, for sure. One of them is our own SD movie critic and collector, Dirk Belig.

https://www.dirkflix.com/
https://slickdeals.net/forums/member.php?u=238945



(though, on the other hand, he is too... mmm... a bellingerent one) laugh out loud
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04-09-2025 at 12:11 PM.
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Quote from procope View quoted comment :
Most professional critics are pompous, opinionated vultures. As I said in my first post here, I stopped looking for their opinions years ago. I have my own opinion about everything. Grin

There are a few exceptions, for sure. One of them is our own SD movie critic and collector, Dirk Belig.

https://www.dirkflix.com/
https://slickdeals.net/forums/member.php?u=238945



(though, on the other hand, he is too... mmm... a bellingerent one) laugh out loud
I can remember years ago he had that weekly show with the other dude. I'd just watch it for the clips, couldn't care less about their opinions.
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05-18-2026 at 07:38 AM.
05-18-2026 at 07:38 AM.
Passengers (2016) [imdb.com] great movie, just re-watched it yesterday night. Has 30% rotten rating from... khm... critics.
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05-18-2026 at 02:24 PM.
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Quote from procope View quoted comment :
Passengers (2016) [imdb.com] great movie, just re-watched it yesterday night. Has 30% rotten rating from... khm... critics.
Looks interesting! Found it on Starz, thanks for recommending it!!
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