Most misguided "widening your appeal" attempts
by Art Snob | created - 31 May 2015 | updated - 09 Jul 2021 | PublicWho's gone furthest and least successfully in trying to play against character?
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1. The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When enemies Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader escape into the real world with a nefarious scheme, Rocky and Bullwinkle do the same, and team up with a young F.B.I. Agent to stop the trio.
Director: Des McAnuff | Stars: Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Piper Perabo, Jason Alexander
Votes: 21,195 | Gross: $26.00M
Robert DeNiro
2. Cats (2019)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba
Votes: 55,889
Judi Dench
3. Starcrash (1978)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff
Votes: 7,957
Christopher Plummer
4. The Emoji Movie (2017)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph
Votes: 71,036 | Gross: $86.09M
Patrick Stewart
5. Garfield: The Movie (2004)
PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Jon Arbuckle buys a second pet, a dog named Odie. However, Odie is then abducted and it is up to Jon's cat, Garfield, to find and rescue the canine.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bill Murray
Votes: 93,771 | Gross: $75.37M
Bill Murray
6. The Pacifier (2005)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett
Votes: 100,886 | Gross: $113.09M
Vin Diesel
7. Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
Director: Angela Robinson | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Cheryl Hines, Breckin Meyer
Votes: 50,810 | Gross: $66.02M
Matt Dillon
8. Super Mario Bros. (1993)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 62,942 | Gross: $20.92M
Dennis Hopper
9. Mr. Nanny (1993)
PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Family
A former professional wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley, Afa Anoai, Ed Leslie
Votes: 10,207 | Gross: $4.25M
Hulk Hogan
10. Tooth Fairy (I) (2010)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant
Votes: 49,661 | Gross: $60.02M
Dwayne Johnson
11. Junior (1994)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson, Frank Langella
Votes: 72,960 | Gross: $36.76M
Arnold Schwarzenegger
12. North (1994)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Sick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Votes: 14,758 | Gross: $7.14M
Bruce Willis
13. Rhinestone (1984)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Music
A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman
Votes: 8,034 | Gross: $21.44M
Sylvester Stallone
14. Bird on a Wire (1990)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke
Votes: 47,883 | Gross: $70.98M
Mel Gibson
15. The Country Bears (2002)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Beary Barrington goes on an adventure to save Country Bear Hall by getting the Country Bears back together for a reunion concert.
Director: Peter Hastings | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Candy Ford, James Gammon
Votes: 6,120 | Gross: $16.99M
Christopher Walken
16. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young
Votes: 49,544 | Gross: $20.76M
Michael Caine
17. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A group of smart-talking toddlers find themselves at the center of a media mogul's experiment to crack the code to baby talk. The toddlers must race against time for the sake of babies everywhere.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Jon Voight, Scott Baio, Vanessa Angel, Skyler Shaye
Votes: 31,688 | Gross: $9.11M
John Voight
18. Jack and Jill (I) (2011)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
Family guy, Jack Sadelstein, prepares for the annual event he always dreads--the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy, and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Elodie Tougne
Votes: 90,403 | Gross: $74.16M
Al Pacino
19. The Cat in the Hat (2003)
PG | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two bored children have their lives turned upside down when a talking cat comes to visit them.
Director: Bo Welch | Stars: Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin, Dakota Fanning, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 87,964 | Gross: $101.15M
Alec Baldwin
20. Hook (1991)
PG | 142 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 273,137 | Gross: $119.65M
Dustin Hoffman
21. Batman & Robin (1997)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
Votes: 268,012 | Gross: $107.33M
George Clooney
22. Catwoman (2004)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
Director: Pitof | Stars: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 125,763 | Gross: $40.20M
Halle Berry
23. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug
Votes: 9,704 | Gross: $24.70M
Ray Liotta
24. Death to Smoochy (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito
Votes: 42,602 | Gross: $8.36M
Edward Norton
25. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Profion, a tyrant, attempts to overthrow a peaceful kingdom ruled by a tough empress.
Director: Courtney Solomon | Stars: Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Zoe McLellan, Bruce Payne
Votes: 36,259 | Gross: $15.22M
Jeremy Irons
26. Cop & ½ (1993)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After witnessing a murder, a young boy named Devon refuses to testify unless he is given the chance to be a policeman.
Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor
Votes: 9,217 | Gross: $31.89M
Burt Reynolds
27. Ted 2 (2015)
R | 115 min | Comedy
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth
Votes: 233,550 | Gross: $81.48M
Morgan Freeman
28. Lost in Space (1998)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 74,846 | Gross: $69.12M
Gary Oldman
29. Fred Claus (2007)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 47,791 | Gross: $72.01M
Paul Giamatti
30. Snow Dogs (2002)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqó, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 28,589 | Gross: $81.17M
James Coburn
31. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock
Votes: 168,719 | Gross: $130.17M
Anthony Hopkins
32. Battlefield Earth (2000)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.
Director: Roger Christian | Stars: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates
Votes: 83,069 | Gross: $21.47M
John Travolta
33. Coming 2 America (2021)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Music
The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler
Votes: 75,403
Wesley Snipes
34. The Conqueror (1956)
Approved | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, History
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 3,863 | Gross: $4.50M
And the winner is … John Wayne!
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