7 Acclaimed Recent Movies Everyone Will Turn On

3. The Post

The Post Tom Hanks
Universal

The Acclaim: Steven Spielberg's account of the Pentagon Papers' publication received two Oscar nominations (Best Picture and Best Actress) and wide critical praise for its screenplay, direction, performances and political timeliness in the age of "fake news".

Why Everyone Will Hate It: The Post is certainly the most forgettable Best Picture nominee of 2018, and a prime example of a movie that's both important and boring.

Drier than sawdust and lacking the directorial flair audiences expect of Spielberg, it's a movie that's only going to be viewed more indifferently by the mainstream with each passing year.

In a decade, will anyone actually remember that this film was nominated for the biggest award in the industry?

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