Ranking April 2017's Movies From Worst To Best

10. Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don T Apply Warren Beatty Alden Ehrenreich
Fox

RottenTomatoes Score: 55% (5.8/10)

Box Office: Even on a relatively modest $25 million budget, Warren Beatty's first directorial effort in almost 20 years has pulled in not even 10% of its budget so far. A bust, and a shame considering it'll probably be his final film.

Verdict: The single remarkable thing about this film is Warren Beatty's memorable performance as legendary eccentric and pioneer Howard Hughes.

Otherwise, it's a fairly languid, milquetoast old-fashioned romantic drama, which while well-performed by Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo himself!) and Lily Collins, is low on energy and struggles to sustain interest through all of its two-plus-hours.

That this was expected to be an Oscar player this time last year is pretty hilarious in retrospect.

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