{"id":36458,"date":"2022-01-01T00:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T05:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=36458"},"modified":"2021-12-31T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T04:09:37","slug":"the-5-worst-films-i-saw-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/01\/the-5-worst-films-i-saw-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Worst Films I Saw in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I<\/a> didn’t offer up best or worst of lists in 2020, mainly because I spent all of December fighting off COVID. I was sick as a dog but thanks to Phil Hall and Emilie Black for keeping the site chugging along like a well oiled machine!<\/p>\n

In either case, 2021 was sadly hard enough to keep up with, what with there now being at least five or six new movies released every week on twelve streaming services (and in theaters) in America. In either case, opting for less cynicism (and because I subconsciously avoided a lot of movies that I thought would stink, sue me) this year, this is five of the worst movies of 2021.<\/p>\n

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5. Kid 90
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Soleil Moon Frye
\nStreaming on Hulu
\n<\/strong>In an effort to promote her (failed) \u201cPunky Brewster\u201d reboot and push her career forward, former child star Soleil Moon Frye brings us this stale and frankly exploitative look at her childhood. Moon Frye spends a lot less time focusing on her own troubles, and steps back to explore the tragic fates of her friends, many of whom were child stars, and doomed to be devoured by Hollywood. \u201cKid 90\u201d is downright awful, gross, opportunistic junk, from a woman who seems puts her friends on display as a means of looking down on them, rather than recollecting their good spirits.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>4. F9
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Justin Lin
\n<\/strong>You could argue that the whole point of this series by now is that it\u2019s so unbelievably ridiculous, but that doesn\u2019t mean I have to like it. \u201cF9\u201d is filled with plot holes, endless questions about past films, and seems to exist only to fulfill fans\u2019 memes about the group going in to space. I mean for eight films we\u2019re given the impression Dom only had his little sister, but suddenly there\u2019s a Brother? Why did Brian allow Mia to risk life and limb for the mission? What\u2019s with Charlize Theron\u2019s cereal bowl haircut? \u201cF9\u201d is a loud, ridiculous, and absolutely dull penultimate film in the series that is, yes, setting up two spin off movie series\u2019 for Dominic and Cipher. Ooooh, I\u2019m dyyy-in\u2019!<\/p>\n

3. The Woman in the Window
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Joe Wright
\nStreaming on Netflix
\n<\/strong>This is a movie that has so much potential from the starting gate. The cast is superb, the tension is there, Danny Elfman composes, Amy Adams is a wonderful actress, and the setting is unique. However, it all gradually but surely transforms in to an incoherent, overlong, frankly embarrassing mess. It\u2019s a thriller about mental illness, then a thriller about domestic abuse, then turns in to a horror drama about grief and guilt, then it becomes a slasher, and finally a movie about obsession. It hurts to see so much talent wasted for such disposable nonsensical farce.<\/p>\n

2. Thunder Force
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Ben Falcone
\nStreaming on Netflix
\n<\/strong>I\u2019ve about given up trying to get behind Melissa McCarthy as an actress and comedy star. Especially when she willingly stars in unwatchable nonsense like \u201cThunder Force\u201d; it\u2019s a movie that pretends to satirize the sub-genre, but really is just a superhero comedy that fails on every single level. McCarthy chews up the scenery and does everything she can to push her cast to the side, all while engaging in endlessly painful improv. \u201cThunder Force\u201d should be instituted as a torture device. One second in to watching McCarthy eat raw chicken will make anyone crack.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. Space Jam: A New Legacy
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Malcolm D. Lee
\nStarring: <\/strong>Warner Bros. Intellectual Properties
\nStreaming on HBO Max
\n<\/strong>Vapid. Dull. Tedious. Unpleasant. Long. Very Long. Way too Long. And kind of depressing, \u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy\u201d is the first in what I\u2019m scared will become a trend in filmmaking. \u201cA New Legacy\u201d is a glorified infomercial literally made by a corporation promoting its streaming service under the facade of a kids\u2019 film starring a popular sports star, and the Looney Tunes. While the original film was by no means a great film, it had so much more energy, enthusiasm, and charisma. \u201cA New Legacy\u201d drags, lags, and sags. The original also had respect for the Looney Tunes, while the producers here seem to openly hate them. This is a grueling experience and a follow up that should have never happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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