23 actors who starred in truly awful movies in 2022: from Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam and Harry Styles in Don’t Worry Darling, to Pinocchio’s Tom Hanks and Amsterdam with Margot Robbie
- After years of delays, 2022 unleashed some shockingly bad cinema on the world – these are Rotten Tomatoes’ worst-rated movies that even your favourite actor couldn’t save
- Kevin Hart’s juvenile comedy Me Time holds a 6 per cent approval rating, Ryan Gosling’s Netflix spy caper The Gray Man bombed, and why did Zac Efron join the awful Firestarter remake?
While 2022 wasn’t was a very good year for most things, it did see a resurgence of sorts in the world of moviemaking. But while several new talents are on the rise, sadly many of our favourite actors turned in duds. In fact, some of the biggest stars starred in some of the biggest box office bombs. Even the star-wattage of Florence Pugh and Harry Styles couldn’t save films like Don’t Worry Darling from poor reviews.
His our round-up of worst-rated films of the year, that even the presence of Hollywood superstars couldn’t save.
Aubrey Plaza in the dark comedy Spin Me Round
Rotten Tomatoes score: 47 per cent
American restaurant owner Amber (Alison Brie) is thrilled when she’s invited to an immersive training seminar in Italy and soon finds herself drawn to Kat (Plaza).
Although the ingredients of the story were appealing, critics felt like Spin Me Round never came together as a full film.
“Alison Brie and the cast are fantastic, but the story veers unsuccessfully from light to dark to silly,” Richard Roeper wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans couldn’t save in The Gray Man
Rotten Tomatoes score: 46 per cent
Based on the novel by Mark Greaney, this movie follows CIA agent “Six” (Gosling) as he uncovers corruption and outruns ex-CIA agent Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans).