The one I always immediately think of is Dude, Where’s My Car? because I remember how Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down and called it the worst film they had ever seen, as well as it generally bombing in reviews at the time, but it was fucking hilarious and is when I started thinking maybe the critics are just pretentious snobs; I mean the only thing they ever do seem to like are artsy-fartsy things and super old shit that they probably have nostalgia for because they were new when they were young.
Critics are comparing a film to thousands of movies whereas most people will compare it to a few dozen. Some subjects get boring when you have seen this premise 100x times before. That’s why sometimes critics and audience scores can have such a huge gap.
The one I always immediately think of is Dude, Where’s My Car? because I remember how Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down and called it the worst film they had ever seen, as well as it generally bombing in reviews at the time, but it was fucking hilarious and is when I started thinking maybe the critics are just pretentious snobs; I mean the only thing they ever do seem to like are artsy-fartsy things and super old shit that they probably have nostalgia for because they were new when they were young.
Critics are comparing a film to thousands of movies whereas most people will compare it to a few dozen. Some subjects get boring when you have seen this premise 100x times before. That’s why sometimes critics and audience scores can have such a huge gap.