Ranking December's Movies From Worst To Best
11. Passengers
RottenTomatoes Score: 31% (5.0/10)
Box Office: Releasing to less than one-third of initial box office projections, Passengers is an unexpected box office bomb, and may struggle to recoup its hefty $110 million budget.
Verdict: Though well-mounted and touting an incredible premise, Passengers ultimately succumbs to wonky tonal choices, with Chris Pratt's protagonist coming off more creepy than relatable.
Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence give oddly phoned-in, off-note performances that prove throwing the two hottest actors working today together doesn't automatically generate spectacular results.
An interesting film, but ultimately not that successful as a Titanic-esque star-crossed romance. Character beats fall catastrophically flat, and there's a clear disparity between what film was being made and what film came out the other end in editing.