Best Worst Movie
Abramorama | Release Date: April 23, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is a documentary about what happens to you when you appear in "Troll 2." Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
The surprisingly rich documentary Best Worst Movie views the phenomenon from a unique perspective. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Doesn't make the case that watching truly bad movies is worthwhile. But it does make you realize that nobody gets up in the morning, showers, breakfasts, dresses and goes to work thinking they're making the worst film in history, either. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It captures a version of our best worst selves. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though it's a ramshackle piece of filmmaking, Best Worst Movie is an honest one, too, staying open to awkward, humbling moments while still making a solid case for the film's immortal badness. Read full review
75
NPRBob Mondello
Celebrity's tough to let go of, apparently, even when you know it's undeserved. Best Worst Movie doesn't plumb that thought very deeply. It doesn't do anything very deeply, really -- it's content to skate across the surface of the so-bad-it's-good phenomenon that gave it birth. The filmmakers are too close perhaps; probably don't want to kill the troll that laid the golden egg. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Anyone can make a bad movie. But it takes a unique set of circumstances to make a movie so horrible that people are celebrating its badness two decades later. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn Anderson
Strangely moving, insightful and entertaining documentary. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
There's no denying that it is often outrageous fun, and the news that Fragasso and Drudi are working on a script for "Troll 2: Part 2" is but the icing on a very nasty cake. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
In its more amusing and accepting moments, Best Worst Movie captures the geek-joy fizz when fame morphs into notoriety, and artlessness becomes its own art. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The piece is a tribute to the 1992 film "Troll 2" and its many fans, who have dubbed it the "best worst movie" ever made. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthy
Best Worst Movie is a must-see for students of film criticism and the philosophy of art. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Watching Best Worst Movie, you can't help but notice that the Troll 2 crowd consists almost exclusively of people in their 20s, which makes perfect sense: manufacturing an obsession with a terrible movie probably seems more worthwhile if you think you've got all the time in the world. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
A documentary so enthusiastic, good-natured and sweet about such an abject disaster that it almost makes "Troll 2" worthwhile. Almost. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
This fawning appreciation wears thin, despite the good-natured clowning of Alabama dentist/would-be actor George Hardy, who's like a poor man's Bruce Campbell (our apologies to Bruce Campbell). Read full review
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