15 Movies That Made 2017 The Dumbest Year Ever

10. CHiPs

Chips Michael Pena Dex Shepard
Warner Bros.

CHiPs is about 78th on the list of 80s buddy cop TV shows people wanted to see given the big-screen reboot treatment, and as expected, this lame-brained comedy fails to make the most of either its R rating or leads Dax Shepard and Michael Peña.

The perfect movie for hungover people or those only half-paying attention while pre-gaming before a night out, CHiPS fails to deliver as a sharply funny reworking of the classic TV series, shooting for a 21 Jump Street-style reboot but abjectly failing.

Bar one jaw-droppingly offensive Oscar Pistorius joke, most of the humour is stunningly bland bro comedy with an overabundance of sexual banter and generous dose of the seemingly requisite gay panic.

It's not professing itself to be a smart movie, but by being neither smart nor funny nor particularly entertaining, what exactly does it succeed at?

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