15 Movies That Made 2017 The Dumbest Year Ever

11. Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker
Universal Pictures

If you thought you'd suffered through the worst with Fifty Shades of Grey, rest assured that the sequel is incredulously even worse.

Though it's almost 15 minutes shorter than its predecessor and doesn't waste as much time getting to the screwing, the sex scenes are still laughably tame and cringe-inducingly tasteful.

What truly takes the film beyond the pale, though, is the sudden divergence into erotic thriller territory, as protagonist Ana (Dakota Johnson) finds herself being stalked by her creepy boss. Oh, and there's a random subplot where Christian (Jamie Dornan) crashes his helicopter and everyone worries about him for about two minutes, before he shows up and quickly sweeps it all under the carpet.

If it revelled in its campiness rather than took its serious elements so damn, well, seriously, this could've been silly fun. Instead, it's a stroke-inducingly stupid movie that thinks it's anything but. Can they nail the three-peat with an even dumber threequel? Doubtful, but definitely possible.

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