In other words, it was
a flop with critics.
The remainder of the studio's slate
flopped with critics and / or moviegoers, including major disappointments from previously acclaimed directors like Chappie (Neill Blomkamp), Ricki and the Flash (Jonathan Demme), and Aloha (Cameron Crowe).
First was 2011's Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher, which
flopped with the critics and at the box office.
Not exact matches
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has backed Manchester United
flop Radamel Falcao to silence his
critics with the Blues, reports the Daily Mirror.
Director Doug Liman has helmed some massive hits (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), but in 2014 is by no means a hot property,
with his latest film (2010's Fair Game) well - liked by
critics but a commercial
flop.
Amy Schumer hit it big
with critics and audiences in TRAINWRECK (2015), and then
flopped with both groups in last year's SNATCHED (2017).
Despite its usual and expected slate of critical
flops (yet, box office successes) as well as miscalculated projects that couldn't surpass the initial excitement they generated (see: Prometheus, and even Les Miserables), Hollywood came back soaring in
with an attractive, polished fare — ranging from political thrillers and procedurals to action flicks — managing to consistently make it in to most major
critics» top tens and to score awards / nominations from various
critics groups and Guilds.
As I have observed before, what
critics don't do
with female authors is
flop down and face east, blubbering and feet - kissing and throwing around extravagant if shopworn designations like «the Great American Novel», creating the sort of hoo - ha that recently surrounded Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.
As the only superhero movie of 2015 that isn't a sequel or reboot, Marvel's Ant - Man could go one of two ways — it could expand Marvel's ever - expanding Cinematic Universe
with yet another breakout character, or it could
flop and finally give the anti-superhero subsection of film
critics some real ammunition.