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Philosopher Aristotle believed the most important part of a drama was the plot and its ability to connect the audience to every corner of the story. In cinema, dramatic movies curate symbolism and construct character development to achieve an emotion-evoking outcome. However, the worst dramas fail to do any or all of this. Beloved and opinionated film critic Roger Ebert would be the first to point out these flaws, curating a collection of dramas he believed to be the worst of all time.
In his review, Ebert took issue with the film's choice to settle on Crawford as a monster without psychological explanations and/or insights to where the inception of the behavior stemmed from. The repetitive nature and its shocking depictions of child abuse had Ebert questioning who would willingly want to endure screening the film.
8 'Staying Alive' Directed by Sylvester Stallone In his one-star review, Ebert called Staying Alive"the first bad movie he's made," referring to co-writer and director Sylvester Stallone.
His review calling it "romantic goo and impossible coincidence," Purple Hearts was a missed opportunity for directorSidney J. Furie, whose previous Vietnam War film, The Boys in Company C, was well-respected by Ebert. However, this war drama succumbed to melodramatics of poorly plotted romance, turning the devastation of the war "into a lonely hearts club for a couple of lovesick medics.
In his short review, Ebert details the movie's premise and its impractical and far-fetching reaches, while acknowledging between the lines that the movie is one of the worst dramas. Bolero is a movie so bad it is laughable and catering to an audience that Ebert says only screens to watch the "Good Parts."4 'Drop Squad' Directed by David C.
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