Ranking March 2018's Movies From Worst To Best

12. Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene Rooney Mara
Focus Features

RottenTomatoes Score: 47% (5.6/10)

Box Office: While its budget was likely pretty modest, with Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara in lead roles there's no way its mere $6 million worldwide box office haul amounts to much.

Verdict: Far more boring than any movie starring Phoenix and Mara ever should be, this retelling of Mary Magdalene's story at the hands of Top of the Lake director Garth Davis is visually stunning, well-acted...and an utter slog to get through.

With its deliberate approach to teasing out story, general lack of incident and low-energy approach throughout, it feels torturous at two hours in length, and even the canny central casting can't do much to save it. Sure to be one of the year's most crushing disappointments.

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