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A glowing Rotten Tomatoes score, a pile of awards, and endless praise from critics still can’t guarantee that a movie will work for everyone. Sometimes the performances fall flat, the story feels painfully predictable, or viewers simply spend two hours wondering what everyone else apparently saw that they didn’t. And few things are more confusing than finishing a celebrated movie, checking its reviews, and discovering that critics seemingly watched an entirely different film. When people shared the acclaimed movies they just couldn’t understand the love for, everything from Best Picture winners to animated blockbusters caught some heat. Here are 15 highly acclaimed movies people just can’t get behind.
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Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
The horror movie’s strong critical reception baffled one viewer, who couldn’t understand how something they disliked so intensely had earned such positive reviews. Others agreed that the increasingly bizarre story made it difficult to take seriously.
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
For some viewers, disliking Shakespeare in Love is inseparable from the fact that it won Best Picture. One person still couldn’t understand how it beat movies like Saving Private Ryan and Life Is Beautiful.
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Snowpiercer (2013)
Even Bong Joon Ho’s dystopian thriller doesn’t work for everyone. One person’s father hated it so much that even a second viewing couldn’t convince him what everyone else found so compelling.
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Crash (2004)
Crash may have won Best Picture, but several people found its message about race painfully heavy-handed. One viewer criticized its improbable character arcs and simplistic storytelling, arguing that its prestigious cast couldn’t disguise the problems.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Tom Hanks earned praise for playing Fred Rogers, but one viewer felt his interpretation missed what made the real man distinctive. They found the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? a much more convincing portrait of Rogers.
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Frozen (2013)
The Disney phenomenon has plenty of devoted fans, but one viewer couldn’t understand the acclaim. Their complaints came down to a messy story, boring characters, and a particular dislike for the trolls.
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The Shape of Water (2017)
Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning fantasy romance left one person completely unconvinced by its central relationship. What many critics saw as an unusual love story struck this viewer as the point where an interesting premise went off the rails.
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American Hustle (2013)
Sometimes there isn’t an elaborate critical argument behind disliking an acclaimed movie. For one viewer, American Hustle’s biggest offense was much simpler: despite all the awards attention, they found it incredibly boring.
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A Star Is Born (2018)
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s romance didn’t live up to the hype for one viewer who found its story surprisingly low on conflict. As the ending became increasingly predictable, their interest disappeared along with any suspense.
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Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Loving the original Wreck-It Ralph only made this sequel more disappointing for one fan. They felt the follow-up crammed in too many internet references and lost much of what made the first movie work.
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Happy Feet (2006)
The dancing-penguin movie earned strong reviews and even won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, but its strangeness proved too much for at least one viewer. Their assessment was basically that the entire story felt like it had been conceived under extremely unusual circumstances.
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Titanic (1997)
One viewer could appreciate Titanic’s impressive spectacle while still wondering why the movie itself became so beloved. For them, the central romance was ultimately too generic to match the scale of everything surrounding it.
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Ad Astra (2019)
Critics largely admired Brad Pitt’s meditative journey through space, but its deliberately slow pace wasn’t for everybody. One viewer described the entire experience as a waste of time and was surprised they managed to stay awake.
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Gravity (2013)
Gravity earned overwhelming critical praise for its technical achievement and relentless tension. None of that impressed one particularly unhappy viewer, who went as far as calling it one of the worst movies they’d seen on the big screen.
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Toy Story 4 (2019)
The fourth Toy Story movie received extraordinary reviews, but not every longtime fan thought Woody and the gang needed another chapter. One viewer felt the sequel broke too many established rules and treated its familiar characters in ways they couldn’t accept.
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