Best and Worst: 2004: Film: Individual's 10 Worst Lists

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Tue, 12/21/2004 - 10:24
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    Edith Alderette (San Francisco Examiner)
  1. Christmas with the Kranks
  2. White Chicks
  3. Taxi
  4. Van Helsing
  5. Against the Ropes
  6. Alexander
  7. Blade Trinity
  8. I, Robot
  9. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
  10. Home on the Range
    Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner)
  1. Van Helsing
  2. Surviving Christmas
  3. White Chicks
  4. Connie and Carla
  5. Ben Stiller
  6. Shrek 2
  7. Alexander
    King Arthur
    Troy
  8. Welcome to Mooseport
  9. Blade: Trinity
  10. House of Flying Daggers
    Soren Anderson (Tacoma News Tribune)
  • Alexander
  • Catwoman
  • Christmas with the Kranks
  • The Village
  • Van Helsing
    David Ansen (Newsweek)
  1. The Village
  2. Van Helsing
  3. Alexander
  4. The Alamo
  5. Dogville
  6. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  7. Silver City
  8. A Very Long Engagement
  9. The Terminal
  10. De-Lovely
    William Arnold (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

    Most Disappointing:

  • The Passion of the Christ
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • Van Helsing
  • The Lady Killers
  • King Arthur
  • The Punisher
  • The Stepford Wives
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Closer
  • Meet the Fockers
    Angela Baldassarre
  1. Anatomy of Hell
  2. Sex is Comedy
  3. Christmas with the Kranks
  4. The Company
  5. She Hate Me
  6. Taxi
  7. New York Minute
  8. Chronicles of Riddick
  9. The Stepford Wives
  10. Dogville
    Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
  • The Passion of the Christ
  • Christmas With the Kranks
  • Alexander
  • Beyond the Sea
  • De-Lovely
  • The Village
  • The Notebook
  • Catwoman
  • Spanglish
  • Brown Bunny
    James Berardinelli
  1. Without a Paddle
  2. Van Helsing
  3. Catwoman
  4. Eurotrip
  5. The Whole Ten Yards
  6. A Dirty Shame
  7. Envy
  8. Garfield
  9. The Perfect Score
  10. Walking Tall
    Jay Bobbin
  • Alien Vs. Predator
  • Anacondas: The Hunt for Blood Orchid
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • The Chronicles of Riddick
  • Envy
  • New York Minute
  • Seed of Chucky
  • Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
  • Surviving Christmas
  • Welcome to Mooseport
    Christopher Borrelli (The Toledo Blade)
  1. Man on Fire
  2. The Passion of the Christ
  3. Bush's Brain
  4. Finding Neverland
  5. Christmas with the Kranks
  6. Danny Deckchair
  7. Van Helsing
  8. The Village
  9. Catwoman
  10. A Shark Tale
    Sean Burns (Philadelphia Weekly)
  • Catwoman
  • The Day After Tomorrow
  • A Dirty Shame
  • Exorcist: The Beginning
  • New York Minute
  • Open Water
  • The Stepford Wives
  • Super Size Me
  • Van Helsing
  • What the #$*! Do We Know!?
    Ty Burr (Boston Globe)
  • Anatomy of Hell
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Christmas with the Kranks
  • Dogville
    Mike Clark (USA Today)
  1. The Village
  2. Envy
  3. Twisted
  4. Catwoman
  5. Alexander
    Michael Compton (Bowling Green Daily News)
  1. Catwoman
  2. Christmas with the Kranks
  3. Soul Plane
  4. Baby Geniuses 2
  5. Alien vs. Predator
  6. Taxi
  7. The Whole 10 Yards
  8. The Butterfly Effect
  9. 13 Going on 30
  10. Scooby Doo 2
    Chad Dull (The Other Paper)
    Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
  1. Troy
    Alexander
  2. Christmas with the Kranks
  3. The Girl Next Door
  4. Dogville
  5. New York Minute
  6. The Grudge
  7. White Chicks
  8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  9. The Whole Ten Yards
  10. The Village
    David Edelstein (Slate)
  1. Dogville
  2. Van Helsing
  3. The Phantom of the Opera
  4. The Day After Tomorrow
  5. The United States of Leland
  6. Man on Fire
  7. Young Adam
  8. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
  9. The Brown Bunny
  10. Vanify Fair
    Jack Foley (IndieLondon)
  1. The Principles of Lust
  2. The Calcium Kid
  3. Churchill: The Hollywood Years
  4. Thunderbirds
  5. Taxi
  6. Catwoman
  7. Suzie Gold
  8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  9. Van Helsing
  10. The Butterfly Effect
    Garth Franklin (Dark Horizons)
  1. Christmas with the Kranks
  2. Surviving Christmas
  3. Thunderbirds
  4. Garfield
  5. Never Die Alone
  6. Catwoman
  7. The Terminal
  8. Against the Ropes
  9. Twisted
  10. Torque

    Dis-Honorable Mentions: Alien vs. Predator, Agent Cody Banks 2, Alexander, Anacondas, Around the World in 80 Days, Birth, Catch That Kid, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Cookout, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Ella Enchanted, Envy, Exorcist: The Beginning, Godsend, Little Black Book, My Baby's Daddy, New York Minute, Raise Your Voice, Scooby Doo 2, Shark Tale, Sleepover, Superbabies, Taking Lives, The Big Bounce, The Perfect Score, The Prince & Me, Van Helsing, The Whole Ten Yards, Wicker Park, Without a Paddle, You Got Served

    Jack Garner (Gannett News Service)
  1. Alexander

    ...other goof-ups: The Stepford Wives, Birth, Team America: World Police, Blade: Trinity, Christmas with the Kranks, Raise Your Voice, Chasing Liberty, The Punisher, The Day After Tomorrow

    Owen Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly)
  1. Dogville
  2. She Hate Me
  3. Taxi
  4. Control Room
  5. Van Helsing
    Ed Gonzalez (Slant Magazine)
  • Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Sleepover
  • A Cinderella Story
  • New York Minute
  • Saved!
  • The United States of Leland
  • Garfield: The Movie
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Shark Tale
    J.R. Jones (Chicago Reader)
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Games People Play: New York
  • Godsend
  • Johnson Family Vacation
  • My Baby's Daddy
  • Saw
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
  • The Stepford Wives
  • SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
  • Van Helsing
    Scott Juba
  1. Open Water
  2. Twisted
  3. Catwoman
  4. Kinsey
  5. King Arthur
    Emanuel Levy
  1. The Alamo
  2. Alexander
  3. Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge of Reason
  4. She Hate Me
  5. Silver City
  6. Stage Beauty
  7. The Stepford Wives
  8. Troy
  9. Van Helsing
  10. A Very Long Engagement
    Graham Marvin (Lexington Minuteman)
  1. Catwoman
  2. Van Helsing
  3. The Whole Ten Yards
  4. The Perfect Score
  5. Surviving Christmas

    Dishonorable Mentions: Darkness, Alexander, The Grudge, Along Came Polly,The Forgotten

    Jack Matthews (New York Daily News)
  • Taxi
  • AVP: Alien Vs. Predator
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Exorcist: The Beginning
  • I Heart Huckabees
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • The Forgotten
  • Surviving Christmas With the Kranks
  • Catwoman
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
    Jessica Moyse (Brock Press)
  1. Catwoman
  2. Christmas with the Kranks
  3. The Day After Tomorrow
  4. Fahrenheit 9/11
  5. Surviving Christmas
  6. The Chronicles of Riddick
  7. The Butterfly Effect
  8. Matrix Revolutions
  9. New York Minute
  10. Shark Tale

    Terrible Indies of 2004: Young Adam

    Brian Orndorf (Filmfodder)
  • The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
  • Torque
  • The Saddest Music in the World
  • Catwoman
  • Van Helsing
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Paparazzi
  • Saw
  • Christmas with the Kranks
  • The Manson Family

    Runners-Up: Darkness, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, The Cookout, When Will I Be Loved, Raising Helen, She Hate Me, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London , Head in the Clouds, Ella Enchanted, Man on Fire, The Butterfly Effect, Seed of Chucky, Michael Moore Hates America, Rise Your Voice, Without a Paddle

    David Poland (The Hot Button)
  • Polar Express (2-D)
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Raising Helen
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  • Catwoman
  • De-Lovely
  • King Arthur
  • The Day After Tomorrow
  • Beyond The Sea
  • Spanglish
    Claudia Puig (USA Today)
  1. Christmas with the Kranks
  2. Surviving Christmas
  3. Catwoman
  4. Connie and Carla
  5. Shall We Dance?
    Larry Ratliff (San Antonio Express-News)
  1. Envy
  2. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
  3. Garfield: The Movie
  4. Christmas with the Kranks
  5. The Dreamers
  6. Johnson Family Vacation
  7. Surviving Christmas
  8. Welcome to Mooseport
  9. The Big Bounce
  10. Alexander

    Dishonorable Mention: The Butterfly Effect, The Cookout, A Day Without a Mexican, A Cinderella Story

    Nick Schager (Slant Magazine)
  • The Passion of the Christ
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • The Door in the Floor
  • Little Black Book
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
  • What the Bleep Do We Know?
  • The Village
  • Surviving Christmas
  • Beyond the Sea
  • Van Helsing
    Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly)
  1. Spanglish
  2. Surviving Christmas
  3. Napoleon Dynamite
  4. Ocean's Twelve
  5. When Will I Be Loved
    Randy Shulman (Metro Weekly)
  1. Catwoman
  2. Saw
  3. Van Helsing
  4. The Stepford Wives
  5. The Lady Killers
  6. Secret Window
  7. Starsky & Hutch
  8. Spanglish
  9. Alien Vs. Predator
  10. Open Water
    Stephen J. Truog
  • Along Came Polly
  • Christmas with the Kranks
  • Envy
  • Garfield
  • The Grudge
  • Paparazzi
  • Surviving Christmas
  • Taxi
  • Walking Tall
  • White Chicks

    Dishonorable Mention: Catwoman, Little Black Book, Mr. 3000, Soul Plane and Welcome to Mooseport

    Michael Ventre (MSNBC)
  1. The Chronicles of Riddick
  2. Catwoman
  3. The Stepford Wives
  4. The Whole Ten Yards
  5. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  6. Paparazzi
  7. Taxi
  8. Surviving Christmas
  9. Envy
  10. Christmas with the Kranks

    11. Dishonorable Mentions: Van Helsing, Dodgeball, Napoleon Dynamite, The Village, Dogville, The Alamo, Saw, New York Minute, A Very Long Engagement, The Butterfly Effect, Garfield

    James Verniere (The Boston Herald)
  1. Van Helsing
  2. The Phantom of the Opera
  3. I Heart Huckabees
  4. Beyond the Sea
  5. Alfie
  6. The Chronicles of Riddick
  7. Catwoman
    The Stepford Wives
    Head in the Clouds
  8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rushmore01/07/2005

Wha!!! Eternal Sunshine..Bad??? wha!

dgeiser1301/07/2005

It's been a weird year for "good" and "bad" lists. I've seen a lot of cross-pollination between the two.

lukeprog01/07/2005

I wonder if that's because many critics find their list gets more attention on blogs and such if they put a few critical favorites in their 'worst' lists and a few despised films in their 'favorite' lists.

directorspen01/15/2005

I know a lot of people didn't like The Village (I enjoyed it very much) and I'll see it on Worst of... list where movies like White Chicks are absent. Everyone's got an opinion...