8 Overrated Movies of the 1990s. Fight Me, I Brought Numbers.

Huge vote counts. Huge nostalgia. Scores that don't match. These eight '90s hits got a free pass, and today the pass expires.

Number one has 2.6 million fans who will show up in the comments.

1. 8
   Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)4.9

   It's the first movie again, plus a hotel bill.

   Same kid, same burglars, same traps, new zip code. Critics gave it 35% on Rotten Tomatoes and the movie.guru score is 4.9. Audiences gave it an A minus anyway.
2. 7
   The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)4.6

   Spielberg's sleepiest dinosaur movie, and it still made $618 million.

   $618.6 million worldwide and a 4.6 movie.guru score. Goldblum is doing his best to keep it awake. The plot keeps hitting snooze anyway.
3. 6
   Armageddon (1998)5.1

   A $140 million trailer that refuses to end.

   Reported $140M budget, 42 on Metacritic, 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. Michael Bay cut it like the camera owed him money. Loud is not the same as good.
4. 5
   Devil's Advocate (1997)6.3

   Pacino at max volume is the whole movie. That's the problem.

   IMDb has it at 7.5, the movie.guru score is 6.3. Pacino turns every line into a thunderstorm, and Keanu looks like he wandered into the wrong law firm.
5. 4
   Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)5.0

   A billion dollars bought you a trade dispute lecture.

   $1.05 billion worldwide, 942,269 IMDb votes, and a 5.0 movie.guru score. Liam Neeson carries it on his back. The tax subplot carries nothing.
6. 3
   The Godfather Part III (1990)6.2

   Coppola should have stopped at two. Everyone secretly knows it.

   IMDb gives it 7.5, mostly for the last name on the poster. The movie.guru score is 6.2 and my take is 5.8. Pacino is fine. The script isn't.
7. 2
   Léon: The Professional (1994)7.4

   Great hitman movie. Not an all-time masterpiece.

   IMDb 8.5 from 1,370,998 voters. Metacritic says 64, movie.guru says 7.4. Jean Reno and Gary Oldman are electric. The fan rankings are just louder than the film.
8. 1
   Fight Club (1999)7.2

   Really good movie. Not the 8.8 the internet swears by.

   2,678,421 IMDb votes at 8.8. Metacritic says 67, opening crowds gave it a B minus CinemaScore, and it made $38M domestic. Fincher nailed it. The fanbase over-ordered.

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