9 Films That Actually Benefited From Bad Reviews

Tom Green directed, wrote and starred in the American comedy based on his struggles to get his own TV series picked up - which he would actually go on to create in The Tom Green Show in 1994.

Freddy Got Fingered plastered this line underneath the title on the theatrical release poster - 'This time you can't change the channel.'

If it wasn't clear, this film wouldn't be for everyone.

Or anyone if you were to read any review of the Green project that had to be toned down from its original NC-17 rating which Green described as 'like porn with murder.' Absolutely mauled by any reviewer with an accessible computer or pen, Freddy Got Fingered created an ash cloud of negativity, raining down 'negative one star' reviews and 'worst film ever' comments on a daily basis.

Green knew that his comedy would provoke people around the world and did this intentionally. It was only when the film hit DVD that its true potential as a memorable, 'see it to believe it' bucket list fi