Rotten Movies We Love: Cult Classics, Underrated Gems, and Films So Bad They're Good

Rotten Movies We Love: Cult Classics, Underrated Gems, and Films So Bad They're GoodHook. Wet Hot American Summer. Valley of the Dolls. There are some movies that defy traditional standards films that are panned by critics, but that go on to become beloved classics and cult phenoms anyway. In Rotten Movies We Love, the editors at Rotten Tomatoes explore and celebrate these underrated films. The book is comprised of short write ups on "rotten" movies, focusing on why we as a culture love them, why they scored so low on RT's famous

Hook. Wet Hot American Summer. Valley of the Dolls. There are some movies that defy traditional standards -- films that are panned by critics, but that go on to become beloved classics and cult phenoms anyway.
In Rotten Movies We Love, the editors at Rotten Tomatoes explore and celebrate these underrated films. The book is comprised of short write-ups on "rotten" movies, focusing on why we as a culture love them, why they scored so low on RT's famous Tomatometer, fun stories about their making, and how they have became pop-culture touchstones. It also features 15 essays by critics from Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, each about a rotten movie that they love. Punctuated with black-and-white film stills and punchy two-color graphics, it's a fun romp through quirky, unusual film history sure to delight any cinephile or pop-culture fanatic.

Featured films include: Cherry 2000Die Hard with a Vengeance
Bad BoysValley of the Dolls
First Wives Club
Space JamThe Wiz
The Greatest Showman
Burlesque
The HolidayHocus PocusXanadu

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 10/08/2019
ISBN: 9780762496051
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.40w x 0.50d