Best Pictures Trashed By Film Critics
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!['Annie Hall' (1977)](http://s3.amazonaws.com/img.goldderby.com/images/1329756962-annie-hall-1.jpg "Movies that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards received rave reviews from most film critics when they opened in theaters, of course, but not all. Since critics are grouchy contrarians by nature, some of them lambasted movies that may have seemed flawed at the time, but they went on to become classics crowned by Oscar glory.
Consider this savage review of "Annie Hall" --
"With 'Annie Hall,' Woody Allen has truly underreached himself …. His new film is painful in three separate ways: as unfunny comedy, poor moviemaking, and embarrassing self-revelation. It's everything we never wanted to know about Woody's sex life and were afraid he'd tell us anyway. And now he does … It is a film so shapeless, sprawling, repetitious and aimless as to seem to beg for its oblivion."
- John Simon, New York, May 2, 1977
Won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Woody Allen), and Best Actress (Diane Keaton)
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Movies that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards received rave reviews from most film critics when they opened in theaters, of course, but not all. Since critics are grouchy contrarians by nature, some of them lambasted movies that may have seemed flawed at the time, but they went on to become classics crowned by Oscar glory.
Consider this savage review of "Annie Hall" --
"With 'Annie Hall,' Woody Allen has truly underreached himself …. His new film is painful in three separate ways: as unfunny comedy, poor moviemaking, and embarrassing self-revelation. It's everything we never wanted to know about Woody's sex life and were afraid he'd tell us anyway. And now he does … It is a film so shapeless, sprawling, repetitious and aimless as to seem to beg for its oblivion."
- John Simon, New York, May 2, 1977
Won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Woody Allen), and Best Actress (Diane Keaton)
KEEP READING: Click arrow along right side of photo above
And check out our other fun Oscar photo galleries:
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All-Time Oscar Records | Before They Were Oscar Nominees
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