Ebert and Roeper's worst movies of 2002
 

Big Stars in Big Bombs
The ever popular category that Ebert describes as "Movies where even big names above the title couldn't save lousy material."

"Life or Something Like It" starring Angelina Jolie
"Bad Company" starring Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins
"Enough" starring Jennifer Lopez
"The Sweetest Thing" starring Cameron Diaz

Bad Bonding
Films that Roeper calls "pale imitations of the 'Lethal Weapon' formula, or lame-brained buddy action thrillers, or both."

"Half Past Dead" with Steven Seagal and Ja Rule
"Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu
"The Tuxedo" with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt

They're a Drag
As Ebert notes, these are "Drag movies that were a drag - for us!"

"Sorority Boys"
"The Hot Chick"
"Juwanna Mann"


Cast Away
What Roeper calls "Perhaps the most frustrating category...great casts mired in a deadly ensemble vehicle."

Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal"
"Just a Kiss"
"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"
"Waking Up in Reno"

No More McMovies!
Ebert dubs these films "Movie franchises that we've had enough of!"

"Men In Black 2"
"Friday After Next"

Retro Disasters
Adapted from TV shows, these movies are what Roeper refers to as "warmed-over second helpings, or bland imitations of the originals."
"I Spy" with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson
"Scooby-Doo"

Wretched Remakes
Ebert asks, "Is there anything more depressing than a movie that was good the first time and then is bad the second time?"

"Mr. Deeds" with Adam Sandler
John McTiernan's "Rollerball"

The Absolute Worst Movies of the Year

Roeper: "Swept Away"
Ebert: "Death to Smoochy"

*owns Life or Something Like It on DVD*

:o

Great choices though.

Death to smoochy?! and MIB2 is a fun ride, for what its worth. Otherwise no complaints.......

Agree with most of the choices except Death To Smoochy as worst movie of the year.

i can't believe Ebert picked Death to Smoochy as the worst movie of 2002. I can see how someone wouldn't like it, but I don't see how it could be considered the worst of the year.

Fun ride? I thought it was horrible...

What? No "love" for "The Hours?"

Heresy!!

;)

Death to Smoochy was one of my favorite movies last year. That movie was hilarious. Sometimes you just have to wonder what some people are thinking when they say stupid things.

Friends come in all sizes...Death to Smoochy was hilarious...

Death to Smoochy was underwhelming. Worst movie of the year, though? Nah, probably not.

I knew they were going to pick on Full Frontal. I loved this movie. The only problem with it was Julia Roberts, who started to get annoying at the end. As for MIB 2, I thought it was as funny as the first.

Man, Death to Smoochy was in my top 10 for 2002. Hehe.

I heard Waking Up in Reno was decent. :hscratch:

Please.....seek professional help, quickly!

Death To SMoochy was a great idea with a terrific cast........that went horribly wrong with a lousy script and bad direction.

Wow, I've seen a grand total of zero films from the lists. I'll just have to take their word for it.

Oh... I thought they were going to pick on Pluto Nash.

Pluto Nash should have been on that list. ALso MIB 2? I mean what do you want? It was a silly/fun movie. C'mon fatty can't you see that?

Death to Smoochy was great up until the ice show finale.

What I would have liked is a movie that doesn't feel like its about 4 hours long even though it couldn't even fill a standard 90 minutes ... but hey, opinions are like ....

Death to Smoochy is the worst film of the year???

Obviously, Roger never saw Men In Black II. Or Pluto Nash. Or Ballistic. Or Reign of Fire.

my opinion...

And Jackass isn't on the list???

I think jackass is exempt from being on any "Worst of 2002" lists, I mean it was made for a very particular audience. It pretty much works that if you like the show you'll love the movie, if you don't like the show then why the hell would you even bother trying to see it. The movie is pretty much just an uncensored 1.5 hour episode. It wasn't made to win any awards or end up on anyones best movie list, it was just made for fans of the show.

reign of fire on the same level as pluto nash and ballistics? i dunno about that.