17 Critically Acclaimed Movies That "Everyone" Seems To Hate Now
Recently, movie fan herequeerandgreat asked the very honest question, "What critically acclaimed movie is hated now?" Here's how people responded:
1.The Blind Side (2009)
"My dad is pretty good at keeping his mouth shut, but he couldn't take it anymore during the scene when the Tuohy husband and wife were summing up how well things were going with their little charity case. He was like, 'This is so fake and stupid!' My mom was telling me later, 'Your father is so cynical!' and I remember thinking, He's not wrong... Back then, we hadn't heard the term 'white savior' yet, but I think that was what was bothering us."
2.Song of the South (1946)
"Song of the South won two Oscars and had one of the most iconic Disney songs in the last half of the 20th Century. Now Disney has more or less scrubbed it completely from availability."
3.Captain Phillips (2013)
"I haven’t seen anyone mention Captain Philips yet. Apparently, the real-life Captain Phillips was warned to take a much wider berth around the Horn of Africa specifically because of the threat of pirates, but he wanted to save time! Well, what do you know, there were pirates! Apparently, the crew was pissed the movie made him look like such a hero when the situation was basically his fault."
4.Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
"It's a biopic that is 90% made up, and none of the critics seem fit to mention this."
"After I saw it, this was my blanket review: 'The wig designer should win an Oscar. The screenwriter should go to prison.'"
5.Forrest Gump (1994)
"I've heard people call Forrest Gump a boomer fanfiction. (I still like it.)"
"Forrest Gump is a Best Picture winner that's sitting at 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. Most of the recent reviews are negative; most of them cite political messaging and sappiness. I can't think of another movie with a response like that."
6.Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
"When it came out, the sentiment was overwhelmingly 'Star Wars is back!' but in hindsight, it really doesn't hold up at all."
7.Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
"It was critically acclaimed for being a queer movie in an industry where there were very few. Then it turned out the director dude made it a nightmare for the leads to work in it. And this is not an unpopular opinion anymore, but the explicit scenes in the movie come across as porn, and tbh, it comes off as a more hyper-sexualized depiction of lesbians than a celebration of a lesbian love story."
8.Crash (2004)
"Hey, lady! I know I sexually molested you a little while ago, but I saved your life! That means we're cool, ain't we?"
9.Shakespeare in Love (1998)
"It's a fine movie. Perfectly enjoyable. Well-made with good performances. But how it won over Saving Private Ryan is just ridiculous. It was when I realized the Oscars are just a popularity contest."
10.Super Size Me (2004)
"That lying piece of shit."
"If you do the math, you discover that he was eating a LOT more calories than he was presenting in the show, therefore ruining his entire premise. Then, it turned out those extra calories came in the form of booze..."
11.Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
"It was not as good from the second viewing onward. Fantastic soundtrack, though."
"It was such a strange movie for an Indian to watch. Like, so much of it was obvious poverty p*rn, but you could feel Danny Boyle's genuine fascination with Mumbai, too. A worrying number of people took it extremely seriously. Something like watching Requiem for a Dream and thinking it represented all America is."
12.The English Patient (1996)
"The English Patient never survived Seinfeld lighting it up for being long and boring."
13.Traffic (2000)
"Watched it recently... It's like a really preachy and flat episode of Narcos. IDK if it's 'hated' today, but it seems pretty much forgotten. The other big acclaimed films that year (Gladiator, Almost Famous, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich) had a lot more staying power."
14.Bird Box (2018)
15.Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
"It was considered one of the greatest comedies of the '80s at the time of its release. Now, given changing attitudes toward sex (specifically 'maybe revenge-porn and rape-by-deception aren't actually good subjects for a comedy'), the film is reviled. I'm not sure I can think of a single movie that had a larger drop in public opinion than that one."
16.Last Tango in Paris (1972)
"Last Tango in Paris used to be hailed as a masterpiece until the actress, Maria Schneider, spilled the beans about how scummy Brando and the director were."
17.And finally, The Birth of a Nation (1915)
"There has been a slight shift in audience sensibilities since its release."
