Robin Williams may be a legend, but some of his films have not impressed the critics (Picture: Sony/Disney/Twentieth Century Fox)
Robin Williams is a much-missed screen presence by fans across the world – but there’s a shocking slight to his legacy courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes.
He entertained us in movies from Mrs Doubtfire to Hook and Good Morning, Vietnam and Aladdin to Dead Poets Society.
In a career spanning decades, he made fans laugh and cry with his comedic genius, which never held him back from making edgier choices either, like One Hour Photo.
The Oscar-winning actor, who really hit his career stride in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, died aged 63 in August 2014.
However, some of the movies he left behind from those years – while dearly loved by fans, such as Jumanji – have criminally low scores from the critics in reviews cited on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
Here’s a look at some of the shamefully low-ranked titles which number among what are apparently considered the worst Robin Williams movies.
Jumanji (1995) – 52%
The film stars Bonnie Hunt and Robin Williams (Picture: TriStar Pictures, Inc)
One of the star’s most beloved movies of the decade, this 1995 family film cantered around a magical board game that unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst), who find it when exploring an old mansion.
Williams is Alan Parrish, a now grown-up kid who got sucked into the game decades ago and can only be freed if the current game is won.
Jumanji nailed the nostalgic vibes of fun 90s movies with high stakes that could do just the right amount of scaring (in this instance courtesy of stampeding rhinos, monkeys and a mean father).
While audiences gave it 63%, which is still lower than it should be, critics criticised its reliance on computer-generated beasts, thin plot (slander) and claimed that Williams’ ‘manic energy finally flags’.
Night at the Museum (2006) – 42%
Night at the Museum is another low scorer from the acting legend (Picture: Doane Gregory)
In the popular Night of the Museum franchise, Williams got to enjoy himself playing former President Teddy Roosevelt.
Ben Stiller is a night watchman at a museum of natural history, who discovers that all manner of creatures from the exhibits spring to life once the building closes, owing to the unleashing of an ancient Egyptian curse.
Again, fans were kinder than critics, rating it at 67%, and it was the highest-grossing film of Shawn Levy’s with $574.5million until Deadpool & Wolverine this summer.
It also did well enough to spawn two sequels – Battle of the Smithsonian in 2009 (43%) and 2014’s Secret of the Tomb (48%) – but the rating is surprisingly harsh, as this time critics seemed uncharmed by the premise compared to their kids.
One damningly mediocre review described it as ‘one of the most neutrally adequate blockbusters of the modern age’.
Bicentennial Man – 37%
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Source:: Metro
