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The Worst Movies You Should Never See According to Rotten Tomatoes

Reviews show you should never waste your time or money on these films

Andrew Martin
4 min readDec 12, 2020

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Any time a person commits to watching a movie it is with the fervent hope that will be enjoyable and a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. Unfortunately, not all movies can fulfill those standards, and some are truly horrible. According to popular movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, there are five films that may just be the worst movies of recent memory.

Rotten Tomatoes scores films on the percentage of reviews from professional critics that are positive. The higher the score, the better the movie, according to their “Tomatometer.” The site has been in existence for 20 years and has seen a number of movies garner an inconceivable 0, but these are the five movies from that group with the most overall reviews, putting them squarely in the spotlight for their awfulness.

Pinocchio (2002)- 55 Reviews: This should not be confused with the animated Disney classic. Rather, this live-action version was written, directed and starred in by Italian actor Roberto Benigni.

Its problems may have started when Benigni cast himself in the title role, a young boy, despite himself being a middle-aged man. Viewers found it humorless and creepy in turns…

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Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin

Written by Andrew Martin

Dabbler in soccer, history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, film and investing .

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