These Are the Most Overrated Movies of All Time

The Breakfast Club

Like most coming of age films, The Breakfast Club garnered too much public and critical attention when it was released, masquing its emptiness with relatable stereotypes that are equally as boring as the plot. The Breakfast Club tried its hardest to be "relatable," but ultimately, the characters lacked depth to the point that they were just characters and not people. 

Moulin Rouge!

Film critic Octavio Rocca called Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical "an overrated mess." He stated that the outrageous editing in the song and dance numbers came across as rough, choppy, and disingenuous. The way the plot is directed attempts to pay tribute to the musical genre, but in the end, it feels tasteless and devoid of care.  

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The More You Know

  • The beer used while filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called "Sobering Thought".
  • In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
  • "Psycho" was the first time a flushing toilet was shown on screen.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.