2012 Worst Movies

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Worst 2012 Reviewed Movies

Based on third-party critic reviews.

A Thousand Words
0% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews
"Dated jokes (A Thousand Words was shot in 2008) and removing Eddie Murphy's voice -- his greatest comedic asset -- dooms this painful mess from the start."
One for the Money
2% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 reviews
Playing for Keeps
4% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 83 reviews
"Witless, unfocused, and arguably misogynistic, Playing for Keeps is a dispiriting, lowest-common-denominator Hollywood rom-com."
A Little Bit of Heaven
4% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews
The Apparition
4% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 reviews
"The Apparition fails to offer anything original, isn't particularly scary, and offers so little in the way of dramatic momentum that it's more likely to put you to sleep than thrill you."
The Cold Light of Day
5% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews
The Devil Inside
6% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 80 reviews
"The Devil Inside is a cheap, choppy unscary mess, featuring one of the worst endings in recent memory."
Silent Hill: Revelations 3D
6% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 54 reviews
"Mediocre effort even by the standards of video game adaptations, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D features weak characters and an incomprehensible plot with a shortage of scares."
The Babymakers
8% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 49 reviews
"The Babymakers mistakes raunch for humor and, despite a few sporadic laughs, wastes its otherwise capable cast on gross-out gags and misfired one-liners."
Gone
11% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 62 reviews
House at the End of the Street
11% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews
"Poorly conceived, clumsily executed, and almost completely bereft of scares, House at the End of the Street strands its talented star in a film as bland as its title."
Alex Cross
12% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 118 reviews
"Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox do their best, but they're trampled by Rob Cohen's frustrating direction and a tasteless, lazily written screenplay."
Red Dawn
13% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 128 reviews
"The rebooted Red Dawn lacks the original's topicality, but at least pays tribute in delivering the same short shrift to character development and general logic."
Piranha 3DD
13% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews
"It strains to up the gore and self-awareness of it predecessor, and -- despite some game celebrity cameos -- the result is a dispiriting echo of 2010's horror-comedy."
Moth Diaries
13% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews
The Watch
16% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 152 reviews
"The Watch uneasily mixes sci-fi elements with gross-out gags and strands its talented cast with a script that favors vulgarity over wit at nearly every turn."
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
17% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 112 reviews
"With a weak script, uneven CG work, and a Nic Cage performance so predictably loony it's no longer amusing, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance aims to be trashy fun but ends up as plain trash."
Parental Guidance
18% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 82 reviews
"Parental Guidance is sweet but milquetoast, an inoffensive trifle that's blandly predictable."
For Greater Glory
18% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews
"It has laudable aspirations, but For Greater Glory ultimately fails to fulfill its goals due to an overstuffed script, thinly written characters, and an overly simplified dramatization of historical events."
Lay the Favorite
19% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews
The Lucky One
20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 140 reviews
"While it provides the requisite amount of escapist melodrama, The Lucky One ultimately relies on too many schmaltzy clichés to appeal to anyone not already familiar with the Nicholas Sparks formula."
Chernobyl Diaries
20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 85 reviews
"Despite an interesting premise and spooky atmospherics, Chernobyl Diaries is mostly short on suspense and originality."
Taken 2
21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 161 reviews
"Taken 2 is largely bereft of the kinetic thrills -- and surprises -- that made the original a hit."
That's My Boy
21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 112 reviews
"While it does represent a new foray into raunch for the normally PG-13 Sandler, That's My Boy finds him repeating himself to diminishing effect - and dragging Andy Samberg down with him."
360
21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 71 reviews
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 33 reviews
What to Expect When You're Expecting
22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 132 reviews
"The cast is stocked with likable performers, but What to Expect When You're Expecting is too disjointed -- and too reliant on stock rom-com cliches -- to live up to its distinguished literary namesake."
The Words
22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 114 reviews
"Neither as clever nor as interesting as it appears to think it is, The Words maroons its talented stars in an overly complex, dramatically inert literary thriller that's ultimately a poor substitute for a good book."
Darling Companion
22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 79 reviews
October Baby
22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews
The Samaritan
22% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews
"The Samaritan is a ludicrous neo-noir starring a seemingly bored Samuel L. Jackson."
The Raven
23% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 128 reviews
"Thinly scripted, unevenly acted, and overall preposterous, The Raven disgraces the legacy of Edgar Allen Poe with a rote murder mystery that's more silly than scary."
Act of Valor
25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 130 reviews
"It's undeniably reverent of the real-life heroes in its cast, but Act of Valor lets them down with a clichéd script, stilted acting, and a jingoistic attitude that ignores the complexities of war."
Paranormal Activity 4
25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 99 reviews
"While it does manage to wring a few more screams out of the franchise's surprisingly durable premise, Paranormal Activity 4 provides fans of the series with dismayingly diminishing returns."
Seeking Justice
25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews
"Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance by Nicolas Cage."
Mansome
25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews
"Mansome is a threadbare documentary with little insight into modern male maintenance, with useless celebrity interviews padding an already slim runtime."
This Means War
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 167 reviews
"A career lowlight for all three of its likable stars, This Means War is loud, clumsily edited, and neither romantic nor funny."
Wrath of the Titans
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 164 reviews
"Its 3D effects are an improvement over its predecessor's, but in nearly every other respect, Wrath of the Titans fails to improve upon the stilted acting, wooden dialogue, and chaos-driven plot of the franchise's first installment."
Underworld: Awakening
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 70 reviews
"There's more vapid action and less story in Underworld Awakening than previous installments, making the whole affair feel inconsequential."
Fun Size
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 69 reviews
"It occasionally shows surprising flashes of wit, but Fun Size is too safe and formulaic -- not to mention unfunny -- to survive comparisons to the '80s teen movies it eagerly imitates."
The Divide
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 46 reviews
L!fe Happens
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews
2016: Obama's America
26% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews
Project X
27% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 129 reviews
"Unoriginal, unfunny, and all-around unattractive, Project X mines the depths of the teen movie and found-footage genres for 87 minutes of predictably mean-spirited debauchery."
High School
27% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews
Bel Ami
29% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 87 reviews
"Bel Ami contains some soapy pleasures but it overall rushes through the narrative and suffers from a vague central performance by Robert Pattinson."
Red Lights
29% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews
Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding
29% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews
"Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding produces many unintentional laughs with its absurdly contrived plot and cheery insistence that everything is just super."
Girl in Progress
29% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 42 reviews
"Despite a well-intentioned and novel premise, Girl in Progress is plagued by jarring tonal shifts and does little to break its characters out of cliché."
The Magic of Belle Isle
29% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews
The Vow
30% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 125 reviews
"Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams do their best with what they're given, but The Vow is too shallow and familiar to satisfy the discriminating date-night filmgoer."
Resident Evil: Retribution
30% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 63 reviews
"Another predictable entry in the Resident Evil franchise that seems to get more cynical and lazy with each film."
Total Recall
31% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 215 reviews
"While it boasts some impressive action sequences, Total Recall lacks the intricate plotting, wry humor, and fleshed out characters that made the original a sci-fi classic."
Man on a Ledge
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 147 reviews
"Uninspired acting and preposterous plotlines defuse Man on a Ledge's mildly intriguing premise."
Won't Back Down
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 96 reviews
"Despite the best efforts of its talented leads, Won't Back Down fails to lend sufficient dramatic heft or sophistication to the hot-button issue of education reform."
Deadfall
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 75 reviews
The Oranges
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 69 reviews
"Despite the efforts of its accomplished cast, The Oranges suffers from a mediocre script that fails to deliver well-rounded characters, dramatic tension, or sufficient laughs."
Intruders
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews
"Intruders has a fantastic first act but then settles into a bland plot and scare tactics that aren't all too scary."
Good Deeds
32% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews
"Tyler Perry's craftmanship as a director continues to improve, but his stories are still the same ol' hoary, pretentious melodramas."
The Lady
33% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews