Will Smith is a movie star in the old, glowing sense. Movie stars still get a bottom eight. Here it is, roasted gently.
Number one is the lowest score here, and it still made $749.2 million worldwide.
- 8
Guy Ritchie directed a Disney musical, and you can tell.
Opening crowds gave it an A and audiences rank it above 75% of notable movies. The songs are cut like a heist montage. The movie.guru score still lands at 6.1.
- 7
Great setup, rushed finish, and it's only 101 minutes.
$585.5 million worldwide on a reported $150 million budget, and opening crowds gave it a B. The last act sprints like it had a train to catch. The movie.guru score: 5.9.
- 6
Critics and audiences watched two completely different movies.
Critics rank it above 13% of notable movies. Audiences rank it above 92%. That's the widest split on this list, and 123 minutes of mystery that only lands if you cry easily.
- 5
Josh Brolin's Tommy Lee Jones impression carries the whole thing.
A reported $215 to $250 million budget, a time-travel plot and $654.2 million worldwide. Agent J still has the jokes. The movie.guru score lands at 5.4.
- 4
The plot is a rumor. The chemistry is real.
Critics rank it above 23% of notable movies, audiences above 73%, and opening crowds gave it an A. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence bicker for 119 minutes, and that's the movie.
- 3
Jason Bateman's PR guy deserved his own movie.
$629.4 million worldwide on a reported $150 million budget, so people showed up. 544,947 IMDb voters settled on 6.4, and the movie.guru score crashed to 4.2.
- 2
A sequel that zapped its own memory of what worked.
$445.1 million worldwide, and critics rank it above 26% of notable movies. The talking pug got a promotion. The movie.guru score got a 3.9.
- 1
Will Smith was the best part of a very loud mess.
Critics rank it above 16% of notable movies, audiences above 30%. Deadshot has swagger. The 123 minutes around him are neon graffiti and a beam shooting into the sky.
Change my mind. Which one deserves a second chance? Make the case in one sentence.
$8,242 says you reply with a Fresh Prince lyric instead of an argument.
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