These Are the Most Overrated Movies of All Time

Citizen Kane

No single movie in human history is overpraised as much as Orsen Welles' 1941 classic. Yes, good movies deserve criticism too. It's important to note that the positive energy around Citizen Kane is large because people are told that they should like it by critics and cinephiles. Even Richard Elfman went out and stated that Citizen Kane is massively overrated. 

Mean Girls

Mean girls received an entire generation's praise. But, when it comes down to it, it's just a movie about toxic people treating people poorly and then getting what's coming to them. Critics feel mixed about this one, but viewers tend to love it. 

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The More You Know

  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Iron Man first appeared in the Marvel Comic “Tales of Suspense” in 1963.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.