2023 was an ideal yr for motion pictures; simply the most effective yr for motion pictures thus far this decade. And even higher, it was a superb yr for film theaters. After a protracted, painful stretch the place it regarded like multiplexes have been in deep trouble, I noticed so a number of motion pictures in 2023 in packed theaters. Even with a strike, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, Taylor Swift, and others saved auditoriums full all yr lengthy.
(I’ll always remember going to see a press screening at a New York Metropolis multuplex on a Monday evening in late July — not often the busiest time for theaters — and having to push my method by a sea of moviegoers, all outfitted in scorching pink.)
After all, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows on the motion pictures in 2023. Regardless of an above-average yr for cinema general, we nonetheless had some out-out-and stinkers this yr as effectively. That features screwy sequels, dangerous biopics, terrible motion movies, blockbuster blunders, and one of many worst and most shameless cash-ins on a revered and recognizable kids’s model I’ve ever seen in my total life.
Under, I’ve ranked the 15 worst motion pictures I personally noticed in 2023. Lots are massive theatrical releases — a pair have been contenders for the largest finances motion pictures of the yr — however a pair bypassed theaters totally for the huge and unreliable world of streaming, the place the films are sometimes dangerous however the price of viewing is low — except you measure price within the valuable moments of your life you lose watching a crappy rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.
Right here now are my picks for the worst motion pictures of 2023, ranked from virtually watchable to borderline pestilential…
The Worst Motion pictures of 2023
Of the tons of of flicks I watched in 2023, these have been the worst of the worst.
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The Finest Motion pictures of 2023
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