The 25 most overrated movies ever, ranked
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s the fascinating idea that two people can watch the same film, and emerge with completely different – perhaps even polarised – verdicts on what they just saw. Amélie Twee romance Amélie is a good and inventive film, but no movie would be able to withstand the kind of hype that Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s movie endured. Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is widely cited as a landmark work in the slasher genre, a film that helped establish and popularise the “stalker” template that’s still iterated on to this day. And yet, Shawshank has long sat atop the ranking of IMDB’s greatest movies list – an honour that radically outstrips its qualities as a film.
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