The 15 Worst Movies of 2016
Below are the lowest-scoring films released in the United States between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Films are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades given by top professional critics) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews are excluded.
Speaking of career low points, this meditation on suicide set in Japan's Aokigahara forest is the lowest-scoring film to date for director Gus Van Sant. But the same can't be said for star Matthew McConaughey, who has actually been in something even worse.
"For all its apparent sombreness and thoughtfulness, The Sea Of Trees is an exasperatingly shallow film on an important and agonisingly painful subject - depression and suicide. This it slathers in palliative sentimentality." — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian