This Summer’s Top 10 Worst Movies

12 Sep
2007


Daddy Day Camp, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Fellow Ithaca College alumnus Fred Topel is quoted in today’s Washington Post in a story about this summer’s top 10 worst movies. It seems that Topel was one of the few people who had anything nice to say about “Daddy Day Camp,” a flick starring Cuba Gooding Jr.

Of the 61 reviews of “Daddy Day Camp” counted by Rotten Tomatoes, 60 were (deeply) negative. That is quite a feat. Think about it. The positive response was not quite 2 percent. The lone applause line comes from a critic named Fred Topel on Hollywood.com, who awards the August bomb two (of four) stars. “If you loved ‘Daddy Day Care,’ ” says Topel, seemingly without pity, “you might find ‘Daddy Day Camp’ a mildly amusing sequel, even if Eddie Murphy isn’t in it.” And if Eddie Murphy were in it? What is that, Fred, a threat? (Then it would be “Norbit.”)

What other movies made the list? As much as everyone loves John Krasinski in “The Office,” he apparently wasn’t such a hit on the big screen. His movie, “License to Wed,” with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams was panned. Two of Lindsay Lohan’s movies made the list: “I Know Who Killed Me” and “Captivity.” You can find the rest here.

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