Worst & Best Movies of 2006

Worst Movies of 2006

1. The Black Dahlia directed by Brian DePalma

A truly execrable mess that weaved all over the place, was barely coherent and filled with performances so woeful you wonder if the actors knew what movie they were in. Director's fault there, and he totally blew the chance to bring one of Hollywood's most famous mysteries to the screen. Unwatchable and best forgotten.

2. Marie Antoinette directed by Sofia Coppola

A long, dull, expensive series of commercials. It was pointless in execution, and the much-vaunted 80's soundtrack was utterly uninspired. Rich people who do nothing by eat, drink and gamble are always the first ones for the chop, and hers seemed well deserved.

3. American Dreamz directed by Chris Weitz

A woefully-judged idea that must have sounded like a black comedy, but was neither black comedy, comedy, satire, farce or drama - just slid between all the cracks and oozed away.

4. The Holiday directed by Nancy Meyers

Utterly cringeworthy "romantic comedy" that was as limp as limp can be; shockingly clichéd and pedestrian - play spot-the-same-scene-from-Meyers-movies. Ugh.

5. V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue

The Matrix is over, and so are the Whack-chowski Brothers; this was an action-empty dud, despite the cool look. All style, no content.

6. All The King's Men directed by Stephen Zallian

Despite Sean Penn and Jude Law's best efforts, first-time director Zallian was so heavy-handed that his ham-fisted efforts actually detracted from what was a powerful story to start with - way to go!

7. Flags Of Our Fathers directed by Clint Eastwood

I was shocked at how bad this was; it was a clichéd, movie-of-the-week effort that gave me three characters I didn't care about, lazy flashbacks, and the exact tribute I am sure they would have disliked. See "Best Movies of 2006".

8. Sherrybaby directed by Laurie Collyer

Famous actress goes crack-whore for indie flick, shows her breasts a lot. Nominate her for an award! And ignore that fact that this movie took a long time to go nowhere, gave us an unsympathetic character, and started when it ended.