By Mark Pukalo
There seemed to be more over-rated films in the Oscar Year 2021 than truly bad ones.
While this year had its share of fast forward button-worthy efforts, a few on my list of the worst 15 of year were loved by most professional critics and a few others could have been there if it had not been for acting and scenery.
I thought about putting potential "Best Picture" winner "The Power of the Dog" on this list, but it had enough elements to avoid my wrath. When my list of the best movies of 2021 comes out later in the week, the "Passable" list also has some really bad movies to avoid.
Bruce Willis makes his annual appearance on this list and other good actors like Nic Cage, Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Kelsey Grammar and Sophia Bush show up.
Here's my worst of the worst for the 10-month Oscar Year 2021, out of more than 230 films viewed.
Dishonorable mention: American Night, Awake, Blue Miracle, Halloween Kills, Held, Home Team, Intrusion, Joe Bell, Lansky, The Last Mercenary, Oslo, Small Engine Repair, The Survivalist
The Top 15 Stinkers
15. Prisoners of Ghostland - Weird Nic Cage film with strange characters that is hard to follow.
14. The God Committee - A medical ethics drama with Kelsey Grammar that just doesn't cut it.
13. American Traitor - The story of Axis Sally is borrrrrring.
12. The Seventh Day - Exorcism, horror, nonsense and, well, who cares what else?
11. Deadly Illusions - Confusing netflix thriller, and a pretty Greer Grammar (Kelsey's daughter) can't save it.
10. Annette - Didn't really get this musical with Adam Driver and the beautiful Marion Cotillard. The snobby critics liked it somehow.
9. After We Fell - This series of movies has gotten steadily worse. Hardin is a despicable character that should have been dumped long ago, and Tessa is a beautiful idiot.
8. Separation - A dumb horror film, with no redeeming value, about a wife haunting her estranged husband.
7. The Father Who Moves Mountains - An extremely unlikable father tries to find his son, who has been lost in a blizzard.
6. Night of Sicario - Ridiculous action film about bad guys trying to get a code from a family going into witness protection.
5. Trigger Point - Promising start, but gets worse and there is no real ending to this mess of a conspiracy movie. Will there be a Trigger Point 2?
4. Cosmic Sin - As one critic put it, Bruce Willis "mails it in" in this thin and confusing Sci-Fi drama. Even Perry Reeves (Entourage) can't save it.
3. Malignant - Critics seemed to like this one. I hated it. A really stupid horror film that tries to be something it is not, in my opinion. Sorry.
2. Dear Evan Hansen - A wasted opportunity with a great cast. Issues like teenage suicide just don't work as a musical, even though it apparently did on Broadway somehow.
1. False Positive - A really bad horror movie with Pierce Brosnan as a creepy baby doctor. Had no idea what was going on at times and did not really care. I felt bad for pretty Ilana Glazer, who is not a bad actress.
PREVIOUS WORST MOVIES OF THE YEAR
2020 - Dolittle
2019 - Cold Pursuit
2018: Mile 22
2017 - Mother!
2016 - 13 Hours and Hail Caesar!
2015 - Chappie
2014 - The Monuments Men
2013 - The Place Between the Pines
2012 - Cloud Atlas
2011 - Tree of Life
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