10 Unspeakably Awful Films Made By Oscar Winners

3. Movie 43

Movie 43 Hugh Jackman
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This one is upsetting because there are so many Oscar winners in this terrible film and it's sort of just like, were they all brainwashed? There is no other explanation for this. Witchcraft? Did they all sell their souls to the devil and the devil was like, "OK, you're all going to be in Movie 43, that's my only demand in exchange for a life of beauty and success"?

So Movie 43 is this obnoxious anthology of short films that are all linked basically just by the fact that they're in incredibly poor taste. And it stars not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Oscar-winning actors, not to mention a handful of Oscar nominees. So what made Common, Halle Berry, Emma Stone, and Kate Winslet all appear in this movie?

Well, Common won his Oscar for Best Song, so he can probably be forgiven. Emma Stone was still an up-and-comer at this point and Halle Berry is sort of known for making terrible choices in the films that she works on.

But Kate Winslet - that one just doesn't make any sense.

 
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