The Worst of 2005

JUST FOR FUN...

I'd also like to share my picks for the worst films of 2005. Luckily, I didn't see too many, but these four stinkers were enough, trust me! Hope you got to avoid them, or, as a result of reading this post, will avoid them.

Once again, in descending order...

4. THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Terry Gilliam's catastrophically misguided film is one big mess. At first, it seems kind of campy and fun, but things quickly degenerate into silliness beyond imagination. The special effects are among some of the worst I've seen in a major motion picture, and while this is at times funny, the movie's attempts at seriousness are thus rendered even more ludicrous.

3. HIDE AND SEEK

Dakota Fanning is subjected to hideous treatment at the hands of some very deranged adults in this creepy thriller that leaves an extremely foul taste in the viewer's mouth. The plot twist is utterly laughable and totally implausible, and watching this young girl - who is a good enough actress to make her character's trauma painfully convincing - endure such atrocities is incredibly uncomfortable. Dakota's parents should be taken to task by social services for allowing her to be subjected to such horrors as are visited upon her in this film.

2. WHITE NOISE

The editing in this would-be supernatural thriller is incompetent, the script pathetic, the performances almost completely lifeless, the story inane, and the scares are almost nonexistent. It's hard to think of one thing this lame movie has to offer that's of value.

1. THE FAMILY STONE

The cream of the crop, this vile family drama is manipulative fakery from first frame to last. The director has served up a cliched holiday movie that is as appealing as moldy fruitcake, with extremely unlikable characters, plot developments that make soap operas look Oscar-worthy, and an aggressive, nauseating worldview that could be called nothing else but propaganda. When you are relieved at the death of the cancer-stricken character who is supposed to tug at your heartstrings, something is very, very wrong.