The 15 Worst Movies of 2017
Above are the lowest-scoring films released in the United States between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. 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.
(#8) Filmed in 2015, this late-arriving comedy from cinematographer-turned-director Lawrence Sher was finally dumped on audiences over Christmas weekend. A good cast (Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J. K. Simmons, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken) is squandered on a film that can't seem to settle on a tone—or deliver any laughs.
“Watching Father Figures is like finding a piece of food in the back of your fridge that you barely recognize, but know right away it’s not worth eating.” —Robert Abele, TheWrap