"This Means War" Failed to Please Vulture's Critics Poll

My ambivalence about worst-of lists is well documented. In short, almost no one applies the same formal and intellectual rigor to a worst-of list as they do to a best-of list. Serious critics spend weeks and months preparing their top tens; almost no one bothers to do the same with their bottom ten. Most critics -- this one included -- just pick the worst stuff they were assigned to cover over the course of a calendar year and call it a day.



But at least Vulture's Critics Poll sports the benefit of a large sample size. Sean Howe compiled 34 critics and publications' worst of 2012 lists, assigned one point to each movie mentioned (plus an additional point to each movie specifically named the absolute worst of the year) and came up with a master ranking that's about as comprehensive a look at last year's stinkers as you will ever see. The worst of the worst, according to Vulture's respondents: "This Means War," a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine

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