Can you say "overrated"?

A Listmania! list by David H (Kent, England)
 
Taxi Driver [DVD] [1999]
1.  Taxi Driver [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Robert De Niro
The list author says:
  "Two and a half hours of regurgitated ideas and shameless self-indulgence."
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Schindler's List [DVD] [1994]
2.  Schindler's List [DVD] [1994] DVD ~ Liam Neeson
The list author says:
  "Trust Spielberg to depict one of the darkest of history ever recorded... sentimental, pompous and insensitive."
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Breakfast Club [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
3.  Breakfast Club [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Molly Ringwald
The list author says:
  "I'd rather get detention than watch this again."
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Fame [1980] [DVD]
4.  Fame [1980] [DVD] DVD ~ Eddie Barth
The list author says:
  "Incredibly long yet incredibly sketchy, I didn't want any of these people to become stars and I got my wish."
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Pianist, the [DVD] [2003]
5.  Pianist, the [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Adrien Brody
The list author says:
  "Worse than Schindler's List? Debatable, but this is none the less a vacuous film that cut me off to the central character when I should have been drawn in."
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Six Feet Under : Complete HBO Season 1 [DVD]
6.  Six Feet Under : Complete HBO Season 1 [DVD] DVD ~ Alan Ball
The list author says:
  "Yeah it's a TV show but I though I should name and shame it anyway. Utterly contrived and hardly ever funny."
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The Passion of the Christ [DVD] [2004]
7.  The Passion of the Christ [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ James Caviezel|Maia Morgenstern|Monica Bellucci
The list author says:
  "Christ, where do I begin? I might hate religion but it doesn't deserve a mockery as shameless and pigheaded as this."
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Whale Rider [DVD] [2003]
8.  Whale Rider [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Keisha Castle-Hughes
The list author says:
  "A glossy perversion of a beautiful novel. At least give us some hint as to just what redeemed Pai's grandfather from being so selfish and irresponsible."
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Far from Heaven [DVD] [2003]
9.  Far from Heaven [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Julianne Moore
The list author says:
  "A hollow pastiche of the Douglas Sirk melodramas. Allusions to film-noir and other classic styles are made with no textual or thematic foundation."
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [DVD] [2003]
10.  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Johnny Depp
The list author says:
  "A sinking bore with TV-level humour performances from Bloom and Knightly so bland as to make even the most indiscriminate 12 year old wince."
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The Matrix [1999] [DVD]
11.  The Matrix [1999] [DVD] DVD ~ Keanu Reeves
The list author says:
  "Embarrassing and dated even for its time. Good at leading younger viewers on into thinking they're witnessing someting profound."
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Judgement at Nuremberg [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
12.  Judgement at Nuremberg [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Spencer Tracy
The list author says:
  "Patronisingly earnest, politically simple-minded"
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Birdman Of Alcatraz [DVD]
13.  Birdman Of Alcatraz [DVD] DVD ~ Burt Lancaster
The list author says:
  "More sentimental wish-wash on a subject that could well have been very interesting"
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Braveheart (2 Disc Special Edition) [1995] [DVD]
14.  Braveheart (2 Disc Special Edition) [1995] [DVD] DVD ~ Braveheart
The list author says:
  "These sorts of ridculously exaggerated figures of masculinity ought to have died out with the Reagan era. Gibson is a scream..."
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Gladiator [DVD]
15.  Gladiator [DVD] DVD ~ Russell Crowe
The list author says:
  "..and it didn't end there either"
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Two Disc Ultimate Edition) [DVD] [1991]
16.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Two Disc Ultimate Edition) [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
The list author says:
  "Underwhelming sequal to a fabulously entertaining original"
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Aliens (Two Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1986]
17.  Aliens (Two Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1986] DVD ~ Sigourney Weaver
The list author says:
  "ditto"
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Shrek 2 [DVD] [2004]
18.  Shrek 2 [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Mike Myers
The list author says:
  "ditto"
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Natural Born Killers - Director's Cut [DVD] [1995]
19.  Natural Born Killers - Director's Cut [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Woody Harrelson
The list author says:
  "The most vile, repulsive, worthless, indefensible feature film I have ever seen."
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Donnie Darko [DVD] [2002]
20.  Donnie Darko [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Jake Gyllenhaal
The list author says:
  "A classic case of emperor's new clothes."
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Harold & Maude [1971] [DVD]
21.  Harold & Maude [1971] [DVD] DVD ~ Ruth Gordon
The list author says:
  "Cult audiences are welcome to it."
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Ghost Dog - the Way of the Samurai [DVD] [2000]
22.  Ghost Dog - the Way of the Samurai [DVD] [2000] DVD ~ Forest Whitaker
The list author says:
  "Peurile nonsense awash in familiarites and cliches."
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About Schmidt [DVD] [2003]
23.  About Schmidt [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Jack Nicholson|Hope Davis
The list author says:
  "There's understatement and then there's just plain nothingness."
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Streetcar Named Desire [DVD] [1951] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
24.  Streetcar Named Desire [DVD] [1951] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Vivien Leigh
The list author says:
  "Overly theatrical and poorly adapted to the film medium. Brando and Leigh grate mercilessly, in spite of the sincerity of their peformances"
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La Haine (Special Edition) [DVD] [1995]
25.  La Haine (Special Edition) [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Vincent Cassel
The list author says:
  "Shoddily paced and pretentiously directed, won countless undeserved awards."
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