8 Overrated Comedies Everyone Pretends to Love

Laughing once doesn't make it a great comedy. Big crowds love all eight, and their movie.guru scores land between 5.2 and 7.2.

Number one is a holiday classic, and this year it's getting uninvited.

1. 8
   We're the Millers (2013)5.2

   It's a sitcom pilot that wandered into theaters.

   Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis pretend to be a family for 110 minutes, and so does the script. Critics rank it above just 25% of notable movies. Audiences: 68%.
2. 7
   Bullet Train (2022)5.3

   The plot runs on coincidences and neon signs.

   Brad Pitt plays an assassin with legendary bad luck, and the script uses it to excuse every lazy connection. Metacritic 49, $239.3 million worldwide on an $85.9 to $90 million budget.
3. 6
   Don't Look Up (2021)6.0

   Mark Rylance's whispering billionaire is the only part that's funny.

   He talks like a sleepy robot while everyone else panics, and it's the one bit that still lands. A reported $75 million budget, and 683,602 IMDb voters still gave it a 7.1.
4. 5
   Kick-Ass (2010)6.8

   It mocks superhero movies, then turns into one.

   Aaron Johnson's regular kid in a wetsuit is a great premise, then Hit-Girl and Nicolas Cage take over and it becomes the thing it was mocking. Metacritic 66, and a B CinemaScore.
5. 4
   The Mask (1994)6.0

   Milo the dog carries this movie, and nobody admits it.

   Strip out the green makeup and it's a forgettable gangster plot, and the little Jack Russell out-acts the bad guys. Audiences rank it above 58% of notable movies, critics 56%.
6. 3
   Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)6.7

   The suits are tailored. The jokes are off the rack.

   Colin Firth with an umbrella is a great action hero, and the spy school stuff is fun. Then it just keeps getting louder. Metacritic 60, 7.7 on IMDb.
7. 2
   The Devil Wears Prada (2006)6.0

   Meryl Streep is perfect. Everything around her is a makeover montage.

   Miranda Priestly owns every line and every icy pause, and most of its 109 minutes are Anne Hathaway's wardrobe changes. Critics rank it above 58% of notable movies, audiences 51%.
8. 1
   Home Alone (1990)7.0

   Iconic traps, thin movie. Merry Christmas, I'm sorry.

   Kevin's booby traps are slapstick perfection, but you wait most of the movie for them while he shops and eats junk food. Critics rank it above 48% of notable movies. Audiences: 92%.

$4,939 says you do the hands-on-cheeks scream in a mirror at least once this December.

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