10 Movies The Critics Were Wrong About
9. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights may have suffered somewhat from releasing in the shadow of the legendary filmmaker's most beloved works - such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs - but there's little making sense of its tawdry 42% score on the Tomatometer.
After all, some three-plus decades after its release, Men in Tights remains a much-loved cult classic and one of the most memorable parodies of the entire 1990s.
Where to even begin? The ensemble cast is immaculate, led by a never-better Cary Elwes, the gags come thick and fast, and you'll never get that earworm of a title song out of your head.
That this has a lower critical approval rating than the film it's sending-up - 1991's wildly divisive Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - is absolutely flabbergasting, and honestly, it remains one of the best Robin Hood movies ever made to date, comedy or no.
Is it Brooks' finest work? Not a chance, but funny is funny, and Men in Tights is still a pure laugh riot today.