Ranking January 2019's Movies From Worst To Best

14. The Upside

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 39% (5.2/10)

Box Office: Despite being budgeted at an absurdly high $37.5 million - likely due to Kevin Hart's salary - and having sat on a studio shelf for over a year after original producer Harvey Weinstein was exiled from Hollywood, the drama remake doubled opening weekend expectations and became the first film to dethrone Aquaman from the #1 spot.

Not a big hit by any means, but not bad at all considering that another distributor probably would've just dumped it on VOD and washed their hands with it.

Verdict: Though an undeniably inferior remake of 2011's worldwide smash hit The Intouchables, The Upside is propped up by fine work from Bryan Cranston and a surprisingly restrained Kevin Hart.

It's cliched, sentimental and obvious, but also basically effective enough, even if there's not much reason to watch this over the French original.