2. The Bonfire Of The Vanities - Sherman McCoy
This 1990 debacle from director Brian De Palma is quite a nasty blemish on Tom Hanks' filmography. In the film Hanks plays Sherman McCoy a wealthy Wall street tycoon who along with his ditsy girlfriend (Melanie Griffith) are involved in a hit and run of a black teenager in a predominately black New York neighborhood. What ensues in the film is an attempt to shine a cynical and satirical light upon racism, classicism and the judicial system. The film completely misses the point, and ends up doing nothing more than being embarrassing for all involved. Hanks gives a very stiff and uncomfortable performance in the film, playing a cold-hearted investor in the early outset who attempts to play the victim as the film progresses. Each scene in the film wants to make the audience laugh, but instead shoves down constant messages about the aforementioned subjects, making for a disorganized mess of a film. Hanks adds none of his natural charm to the character, and by the film's resolve we really could care less if he is sent away for his accidental crime or not.