8 Movies Loved By Their Viewers But Hated By Their Critics

Movie critics have been the taste-makers of entertainment for quite some time. Prior to a film's release, the professionals will get advanced copies and screenings and delicately prepare the viewing public for what's to come.

Films that are praised by high profile names can gather even more hype, while those condemned by them run the risk of flopping before they've even made it to the screens.

In times like these, a trusted movie critic might be what pushes you to take the risk and see Tenet in all its loud and awfully edited glory. But sometimes critics, who in the end are just people with a subjective opinion, can be wrong.

They might hate a film to the core, but the general audience might lean the opposite direction and absolutely adore it. The viewers see something the critics could not - and for that it's a baffling masterpiece of cinema.

Scrolling through Rotten Tomatoes has become a hive of hilarious contradictions as then critics have assured us a film would suck, but the general consensus from the viewing audience couldn't be any different.

To prove this point, here are eight recent films, whose scores between critics and audience members could not be further apart. Let's hope your favourite bad film made it on the list.

Tomatometer - 26% : Audience Score - 83%

Starting off with the most surprising entry to this list - Ang Lee's collaboration with Will Smith to make Gemini Man, was neither a good nor a bad film. It felt very middle-of-the-road and in a year of broad action flicks, Gemini Man just lacked the critical punch it could have delivered.

Critics weren't wrong when they called the film dull. It wasn't a quiet film, but it was rather forgetful in all its endeavours. The film had all the ingredients for a summer classic, but in 2019 it couldn't separate itself from the horde of forgetful movies you'd often find in direct-to-DVD bins.

Ang Lee should have known better when making this film, and it's difficult to ascertain what punchy flavour the film lacked.

But! It was an Ang Lee film - and while casual audience-members may not recognize his style, his eye for detail and a good shot is certainly noticeable. The action set pieces of Gemini Man are genuinely some of the best choreographed and shot in recent film, and Will Smith is as charming as he always is as either jaded or confused (old or young) versions of himself.