After Earth
Will Smith ’s main claim to fame is probably the well - known 90 television seriesThe Fresh Prince of Bel - Air , which featured him as a graphic symbol based on his whack persona . However , he ’s also enjoyed a massive amount of succeeder in the years since his rapping career was put on hold , as one of Hollywood ’s most personable , various actor .
patently , it ’s not a surprise that he ’s been in several hit films -Men in BlackandAli , in peculiar , come to mind - but no successful actor has a filmography that lack the periodic miserable decision or call - in performance . So , today we ’ll be looking at the 10 biggest trip-up Smith take away over the form of his acting calling , establish on the critical consensus scores from followup aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes .
Made in America (1993) - 31%
Will Smith was given a supporting role in the Whoopi - Goldberg - driven 1993 comedyMade in America , which follows Zora Matthews , an African - American woman who key her sperm - donor father was actually a white , egotistical used - car salesman all along - greatly distressing her mother Sarah , who insists that she specifically requested that the conferrer be pitch-black ; hilarity is intended to ensue .
While this picture show helped to launch Smith ’s moving-picture show calling , many critics claimed it did n’t really work as a comedy , although it has become something of a cult classic in the twelvemonth since its release .
Bright (2017) - 28%
The 2017 Netflix fancy cop filmBrighttakes spot in a modern - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. alternate universe where humans co - exist with several fairy - tale species , such as orcs and brownie , as two LAPD police officer ( one homo , work by Smith , and one orc , played by Joel Edgerton ) have to keep the hands of sinner off of a magic wand that only rare individuals , know as " Brights " , can bear without consequence .
The film ’s detractors thin its magnetic core issues down to poor writing and direction combined with an often overbearing preoccupation with social commentary , and it received very little critical or interview congratulations - although it still clear nearlyeleven millionviews in just its first three days on Netflix .
Suicide Squad (2016) - 27%
Smith enjoyed a little bit of a vocation hike thanks to his starring role in the commercially successfully DCEU filmSuicide Squad , which follow the titulargroupof imprisoned supervillains inscribe by the government to turn back a superhuman force-out in telephone exchange for sentence off their sentences . Smith ’s portrayal of skilled assassin Deadshot was definitely a view - stealer , and because of this , the character reference became so popular that he ’ll be get his own whirl - off film .
However , even Smith could n’t convince critics to revalue DC ’s latest travail ( despite the mostly positive hearing reviews the film acquire ) , with many review electric receptacle condemn what they perceived as a cramped , predictable plot that ’s directed in a very escaped , by - the - numbers form of way .
Seven Pounds (2008) - 26%
Several film on this leaning have become audience favorites while still attracting mostly negatively charged attention from critics worldwide , and no clearer case can be presented than 2008’sSeven Pounds . The drama stars Smith as a humans who wishes to atone for a catastrophe he make long ago by changing the lives of seven hoi polloi he take for worthy - in a remarkably ego - sacrificial way .
While the stern but unusually human picture was give negative reviews by critics , many of whom say that the film ’s plot does n’t hold up because of poor writing , audience reviewers on IMDb gave the movie a remarkable7.6/10 , praising its characters , story , and finish .
Gemini Man (2019) - 26%
The action thrillerGemini Manstars Will Smith as a hitman who ’s forced to defend himself against a technologically forward-looking , nearly perfect knockoff of himself at a young age ( also played by Smith ) . The film was dwarf at the box office byJokerand became a commercial loser , and it was n’t particularly successful with critic either .
Many reviewer pointed out that , despite its singular ocular gist , the flick ’s story was disappointingly uninteresting and many of its better ingredient were lift from a separate sci - fi film , Looper , while the performance , cinematography , direction , and writing were also for the most part below norm .
Bad Boys II (2003) - 23%
Smith ’s breakout film carrying into action was arguably in the 1995 sidekick cop filmBad Boys- and as the photographic film was a huge success commercially , film director Michael Bay make for back Smith and his Centennial State - star Martin Lawrence for a 2003 continuation , which , like the original , follows the two MPD detectives , narcotic naval division , as they investigate drug - related crimes . This time , however , they ’re trying to put an end to an ecstasy smuggling dodge that ’s quickly take over Miami .
Even critics who like the original felt led to verbalise out against numeral two , and several describe it ( using interchangeable terms ) as mindless , cold , and dishearten . The franchise still has a unshakable viewer al-Qaida , however , and a third picture in the serial , Bad Boys for Life , has been give a2020 departure appointment .
Wild Wild West (1999) - 17%
Wild Wild Westwas released during what was perhaps the peak tenner for Smith ’s popularity , as he was incessantly being extend persona - such as that of Neo inThe Matrix , which he turned it down in favor of acting in this film . A raunchy western steampunk comedy , slackly based on the 1960s television serial publication of the same name , it takes place four years after the Civil War and comply a decorated war hero ( Smith ) who team up with a gun - tally U.S. Marshall to track down a Confederate scientist with plans to assassinate the President of the United States .
It received poor reviews for its plot and humour , and despite some gamey - timber special effects was a dissatisfactory miss of an actioner that has become a lasting blemish upon Smith ’s life history .
Collateral Beauty (2016) - 14%
The 2016 filmCollateral Beautyfollows Smith as an advertising administrator going through a time period of depression and isolation as a result of the death of his vernal daughter . He writes letters to the Universe ’s various elements ( such as Time , decease , and Love ) so as to cope with his passing , as he slowly instruct to look for the unproblematic dish of existence , even in tragedy .
While the plastic film was primarily well - received by filmgoers , critic incriminate it of try out unsuccessfully to be poignant and moving while forgetting to give its characters human characteristics , discredit it as otiose and contrived .
Winter’s Tale (2014) - 13%
The 2014 wild-eyed dramatic play filmWinter ’s Talefollows Peter , a young man raise by a daemon to become a gang member , but later on leaves the ring ; as he falls in beloved with Beverly , a sallow young woman who despite her unwellness still strives to see the beauty of the universe . The pair is virtuoso - crossed , however , as demons unrelentingly hunt for them ; Will Smith plays Lucifer , Billie Jean Moffitt King of the demon and the film ’s overarching antagonist .
This original but poorly - execute love storey was a major critical and commercial-grade failure , find criticism for throwing together various genre elements , often at the price of cohesiveness .
After Earth (2013) - 11%
Will Smith and M. Night Shyamalan had long planned to do a film together , but the well sentence for their collaboration to be released was probably not immediately after Shyamalan had suffered from a current of originative , critical and commercial fizzle . After Earthonly added to that tilt , following human civilization more than a millenary after they forsake their titular home planet , departing for another habitable planet with a stable ecosystem , Nova Prime .
A famed army superior general and his son ( Smith and his real - life sentence son Jaden ) must struggle to survive after clangor - landing on a delicate , exotic planet - Earth itself . Various sales outlet afford the picture show a heaping dose of pointed criticism , with several mentioning what they consider to be an almost soulless deficiency of charge in damage of direction , acting , and writing .
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