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* '''''Film/SimonSez''''' is a 1999 action [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]] that revolves around an Interpol agent named Simon (Creator/DennisRodman), who teams up with another agent, Nick (Creator/DaneCook) in order to save a kidnapped girl (who was later revealed to be just hanging out with her boyfriend) and defeat an arms dealer. To start things off, Dane Cook is ''absolutely atrocious'' in this film, since all he does is act like an [[UnwantedAssistance annoying prick]], and say cringeworthy dialogue (in one case, a horrible voice impression of Chewbacca). In other words, [[PoorMansSubstitute he's trying to be]] Creator/JimCarrey, but the execution and the way he acts makes him look extremely horrendous. Aside from that, you've also got [[SpecialEffectFailure extremely terrible special effects]], random nonsense (at one point, Micro and Macro, a duo of "cyber-monks" who are surprisingly enough played by the late John Pinette and Ricky Harris, pointlessly make Nick do stupid dances while Ricky talks through a speaker to make it look like he's actually God), unnecessary pop culture references, and a villain who acts way over the top (and not in a good way). The saddest part of it all is that Rodman, [[NonActorVehicle a basketball player by trade]] who was cast in the leading role ostensibly as a result of his supporting role in ''Film/DoubleTeam'', is actually ''[[TookTheBadFilmSeriously the only person who actually can act]]'', which sadly killed off his acting career for good, since the only film he would star after this mess was an awful low-budget 2009 basketball film called ''The Minis'', which starred a cast full of people with dwarfism (which is actually very impressive, considering the standards of Hollywood). Because of this, it was heavily trashed by critics, gained a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a contender for the IMDB Bottom 100 with its 2.6 rating, and it bombed at the box office, grossing only $292,152 out of its 10 million dollar budget. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntJlHzxe-k Here is]] Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] dissecting it. WebVideo/GoodBadOrBadBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. WebVideo/TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon.

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* '''''Film/SimonSez''''' is a 1999 action [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]] that revolves around an Interpol agent named Simon (Creator/DennisRodman), who teams up with another agent, Nick (Creator/DaneCook) in order to save a kidnapped girl (who was later revealed to be just hanging out with her boyfriend) and defeat an arms dealer. To start things off, Dane Cook is ''absolutely atrocious'' in this film, since all he does is act like an [[UnwantedAssistance annoying prick]], and say cringeworthy dialogue (in one case, a horrible voice impression of Chewbacca). In other words, [[PoorMansSubstitute he's trying to be]] Creator/JimCarrey, but the execution and the way he acts makes him look extremely horrendous. Aside from that, you've also got [[SpecialEffectFailure extremely terrible special effects]], random nonsense (at one point, Micro and Macro, a duo of "cyber-monks" who are surprisingly enough played by the late John Pinette and Ricky Harris, pointlessly make Nick do stupid dances while Ricky talks through a speaker to make it look like he's actually God), unnecessary pop culture references, and a villain who acts way over the top (and not in a good way). The saddest part of it all is that Rodman, [[NonActorVehicle a basketball player by trade]] who was cast in the leading role ostensibly as a result of his supporting role in ''Film/DoubleTeam'', is actually ''[[TookTheBadFilmSeriously the only person who actually can act]]'', which sadly killed off his acting career for good, since the only film he would star after this mess was an awful low-budget 2009 basketball film called ''The Minis'', which starred a cast full of people with dwarfism (which is actually very impressive, considering the standards of Hollywood). Because of this, it was heavily trashed by critics, gained a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a contender for the IMDB Bottom 100 with its 2.6 rating, and it bombed at the box office, grossing only $292,152 out of its 10 million dollar budget. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntJlHzxe-k Here is]] Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] dissecting it. WebVideo/GoodBadOrBadBad and WebVideo/DoubleToasted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir3rrCmw7c also express their their]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_-vgNtvwY dissatisfaction with this film]], while also mocking Dane Cook throughout the whole review. WebVideo/TwoTakes also [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/oat0tHxRBfY tackles this pathetic mess]] as part of their IMDB Bottom 100 marathon.
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* '''''Turn It Up''''', a 2000 attempt to make rappers Pras and Ja Rule movie stars, which obtained an 8% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 18 on Metacritic. The film is an obvious attempt to ape the cult success of ''Belly'' but while that film covered up its shortcomings with an unmistakable style that wowed its fans, this film is simply boring and has awful acting and production values to boot. Not even Creator/JasonStatham can make it watchable, and Creator/NewLineCinema essentially gave it the Invisible Advertising treatment, as it grossed only $1.2 million on a $9 million budget. Further rubbing salt in the wound is that ''this'' was the last movie to ever be screened at the legendary Indian Hills Theatre before it was demolished following Carmike's bankruptcy.

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* '''''Turn It Up''''', a 2000 attempt to make rappers Pras and Ja Rule movie stars, which obtained an 8% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 18 on Metacritic. The film is an obvious attempt to ape the cult success of ''Belly'' but while that film covered up its shortcomings with an unmistakable style that wowed its fans, this film is simply boring and has awful acting and production values to boot. Not even Creator/JasonStatham can make it watchable, and Creator/NewLineCinema essentially gave it the Invisible Advertising InvisibleAdvertising treatment, as it grossed only $1.2 million on a $9 million budget. Further rubbing salt in the wound is that ''this'' was the last movie to ever be screened at the legendary Indian Hills Theatre before it was demolished following Carmike's bankruptcy.
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* '''''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure''''', a children's film produced by [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Kenn Viselman]] based on a series of {{Public Service Announcement}}s and a concept purchased from a NoBudget EdutainmentShow. It was done on $20 million but doesn't even remotely show it, instead faithfully adhering to every negative stereotype associated with children's entertainment. It's built around AudienceParticipation--rare for a cinematic release (perhaps for very good reason, given the target audience)--but [[FakeInteractivity completely mishandles it]], and [[ExcusePlot what little plot there is to speak of]] is idiotic. The writing is infantile at best, with painfully unfunny jokes, inane and repetitive songs, and the odd jarringly transparent ParentalBonus. Not even the multitude of star actors (a good chunk of whom are [[QuestionableCasting completely unsuited for their roles]]) could save it. It made less than 2% of its budget back, underperforming ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'' in its opening week, yet the director said that [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ "it was never about the box office".]] Bafflingly, the director also asserted that all of the negative feedback would [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity result in]] ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity The Oogieloves]]'' [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity becoming a franchise.]] Needless to say, that [[StillbornFranchise never happened]]. Creator/BradJones and his friends on ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' tear this movie to shreds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw here]], and he later takes it on as WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLwprcW8Ew here.]] Creator/NathanRabin also had some harsh words in his [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/something-close-to-madness-case-file-24-the-oogiel,85088/ "My World of Flops" article]] for this film. ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'' talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3vfY697_I here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6kcJP4KdXY here]]. ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' also talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1j4GRlz-FQ here]] for his Search for the Worst, and considered it the worst movie he'd seen until [[Film/Birdemic2TheResurrection several]] [[Film/TheLastAirbender other]] [[Film/BabyGeniuses films]] came along. Watch WebVideo/{{Bobsheaux}} tear it apart [[https://vimeo.com/537855571 here]] and see WebVideo/AniMat get broken by the movie [[https://youtu.be/u6akzyu-lIQ here]]. The WebAnimation/{{Spill}} crew, on the other hand, were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ8bMk61XJU awestruck]] about how insane the movie gets.

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* '''''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure''''', a children's film produced by [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Kenn Viselman]] based on a series of {{Public Service Announcement}}s and a concept purchased from a NoBudget EdutainmentShow. It was done on $20 million but doesn't even remotely show it, instead faithfully adhering to every negative stereotype associated with children's entertainment. It's built around AudienceParticipation--rare for a cinematic release (perhaps for very good reason, given the target audience)--but [[FakeInteractivity completely mishandles it]], and [[ExcusePlot what little plot there is to speak of]] is idiotic. The writing is infantile at best, with painfully unfunny jokes, inane and repetitive songs, and the odd jarringly transparent ParentalBonus. Not even the multitude of star actors (a good chunk of whom are [[QuestionableCasting completely unsuited for their roles]]) could save it. It made less than 2% of its budget back, underperforming ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'' in its opening week, yet the director said that [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ "it was never about the box office".]] Bafflingly, the director also asserted that all of the negative feedback would [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity result in]] ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity The Oogieloves]]'' [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity becoming a franchise.]] Needless to say, that [[StillbornFranchise never happened]]. Creator/BradJones and his friends on ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' tear this movie to shreds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw here]], and he later takes it on as WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLwprcW8Ew here.]] Creator/NathanRabin also had some harsh words in his [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/something-close-to-madness-case-file-24-the-oogiel,85088/ "My World of Flops" article]] for this film. ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'' talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3vfY697_I here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6kcJP4KdXY here]]. ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' also talked about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1j4GRlz-FQ here]] for his Search for the Worst, and considered it the worst movie he'd seen until [[Film/Birdemic2TheResurrection several]] [[Film/TheLastAirbender other]] [[Film/BabyGeniuses films]] came along. Watch WebVideo/{{Bobsheaux}} tear it apart [[https://vimeo.com/537855571 here]] and see WebVideo/AniMat get broken by the movie [[https://youtu.be/u6akzyu-lIQ here]]. The WebAnimation/{{Spill}} crew, on the other hand, were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ8bMk61XJU awestruck]] about how insane the movie gets. WebVideo/MusicalHell also [[https://youtu.be/AYO7I-YH2K0?si=L3jK5NNr2IPkC85Q rakes this one over the coals]].
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Heads up; Double Toasted released their video on "Who's Your Caddy?". Also, I've updated Witless Protection with a link to the page.


* Despite (or perhaps because of) an AllStarCast with [[Music/OutKast Big Boi]], Music/LilWayne, Creator/TerryCrews, and [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]], '''''Who's Your Caddy?''''', which is a poor rip-off of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', gave in to the worst stereotypes of African-American culture. For example, there's a scene in which the main character's mother cooks up some fried chicken. Creator/JeffreyJones plays the villain despite being a ''[[QuestionableCasting registered]] [[PaedoHunt sex offender]]'' since 2002, with his performance limited to playing what is essentially an older version of his Ed Rooney character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', a much better film than this. There's also loads of ToiletHumor and bad direction. The worst aspect of this film is the acting, where everybody delivers a shockingly awful performance, as in "we're starring in this film just for our paychecks" performance, with Faizon Love being the worst offender. It has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.8 rating at Website/{{IMDb}}. What box office it ''did'' draw was bolstered by people thinking it was a [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the book of the same name by sportswriter Rick Riley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFJUE3itRE Allison, Phelan, and Mathew air their thoughts]] on how awful ''Caddy'' truly is, with the exception of Creator/JamesAvery, (who had the only funny line in this entire "comedy")[[note]]In case you are wondering what exactly that line is, it's "What are you? Two pussies having a pity party?"[[/note]].

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* Despite (or perhaps because of) an AllStarCast with [[Music/OutKast Big Boi]], Music/LilWayne, Creator/TerryCrews, and [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]], '''''Who's Your Caddy?''''', which is a poor rip-off of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', gave in to the worst stereotypes of African-American culture. For example, there's a scene in which the main character's mother cooks up some fried chicken. Creator/JeffreyJones plays the villain despite being a ''[[QuestionableCasting registered]] [[PaedoHunt sex offender]]'' since 2002, with his performance limited to playing what is essentially an older version of his Ed Rooney character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', a much better film than this. There's also loads of ToiletHumor and bad direction. The worst aspect of this film is the acting, where everybody delivers a shockingly awful performance, as in "we're starring in this film just for our paychecks" performance, with Faizon Love being the worst offender. It has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.8 rating at Website/{{IMDb}}. What box office it ''did'' draw was bolstered by people thinking it was a [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the book of the same name by sportswriter Rick Riley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFJUE3itRE Allison, Phelan, and Mathew air their thoughts]] on how awful ''Caddy'' truly is, with the exception of Creator/JamesAvery, (who had the only funny line in this entire "comedy")[[note]]In case you are wondering what exactly that line is, it's "What are you? Two pussies having a pity party?"[[/note]]. WebVideo/DoubleToasted also dissects [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvYdLN7QgbA this unfunny travesty further]].



* '''''Witless Protection''''', the last of a triad of films which featured Daniel Whitney's Creator/LarryTheCableGuy character AsHimself. Larry's a small-town sheriff who unwittingly abducts a witness under protection by FBI agents... who it turns out are actually in the employ of a big-city gangster and are out to silence her. [[ClicheStorm On top of a plot that plays every cliché straight]], the film features Larry at his least likeable, a load of unfunny jokes, and a plethora of outright insulting moments, with little to redeem it in the slightest. To top it off, Larry makes a lot of racist remarks, as Creator/LeonardMaltin noted in his reviews. (This also marks Creator/JennyMcCarthy's second appearance on this page; although she didn't write it unlike ''Dirty Love'' and only plays Larry's girlfriend.) Unlike the films that preceded it, it made only around half of its budget and was more or less the StarDerailingRole for Whitney as a live-action leading film actor. Also, it was Creator/YaphetKotto's last film.

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* '''''Witless Protection''''', '''''Film/WitlessProtection''''', the last of a triad of films which featured Daniel Whitney's Creator/LarryTheCableGuy character AsHimself. Larry's a small-town sheriff who unwittingly abducts a witness under protection by FBI agents... who it turns out are actually in the employ of a big-city gangster and are out to silence her. [[ClicheStorm On top of a plot that plays every cliché straight]], the film features Larry at his least likeable, a load of unfunny jokes, and a plethora of outright insulting moments, with little to redeem it in the slightest. To top it off, Larry makes a lot of racist remarks, as Creator/LeonardMaltin noted in his reviews. (This also marks Creator/JennyMcCarthy's second appearance on this page; although she didn't write it unlike ''Dirty Love'' and only plays Larry's girlfriend.) Unlike the films that preceded it, it made only around half of its budget and was more or less the StarDerailingRole for Whitney as a live-action leading film actor. Also, it was Creator/YaphetKotto's last film.
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* '''''Witless Protection''''', the last of a triad of films which featured Daniel Whitney's Creator/LarryTheCableGuy character AsHimself. Larry's a small-town sheriff who unwittingly abducts a witness under protection by FBI agents... who it turns out are actually in the employ of a big-city gangster and are out to silence her. On top of a plot that plays every cliché straight, the film features Larry at his least likeable, a load of unfunny jokes, and a plethora of outright insulting moments, with little to redeem it in the slightest. To top it off, Larry makes a lot of racist remarks, as Creator/LeonardMaltin noted in his reviews. (This also marks Creator/JennyMcCarthy's second appearance on this page; although she didn't write it unlike ''Dirty Love'' and only plays Larry's girlfriend.) Unlike the films that preceded it, it made only around half of its budget and was more or less the StarDerailingRole for Whitney as a live-action leading film actor. Also, it was Creator/YaphetKotto's last film.

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* '''''Witless Protection''''', the last of a triad of films which featured Daniel Whitney's Creator/LarryTheCableGuy character AsHimself. Larry's a small-town sheriff who unwittingly abducts a witness under protection by FBI agents... who it turns out are actually in the employ of a big-city gangster and are out to silence her. [[ClicheStorm On top of a plot that plays every cliché straight, straight]], the film features Larry at his least likeable, a load of unfunny jokes, and a plethora of outright insulting moments, with little to redeem it in the slightest. To top it off, Larry makes a lot of racist remarks, as Creator/LeonardMaltin noted in his reviews. (This also marks Creator/JennyMcCarthy's second appearance on this page; although she didn't write it unlike ''Dirty Love'' and only plays Larry's girlfriend.) Unlike the films that preceded it, it made only around half of its budget and was more or less the StarDerailingRole for Whitney as a live-action leading film actor. Also, it was Creator/YaphetKotto's last film.
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* The [[{{Understatement}} unbelievably horrifying]] '''''SWAP.avi'''''. Because even works that have been removed from Website/ThisVeryWiki for violating Administrivia/TheContentPolicy have anything remotely resembling a decency standard, we're prohibited from describing much of this. It all started on Website/SomethingAwful when one of the goons requested that this video be made. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The end result]] [[EveryoneHasStandards horrified even him]]. ''SWAP.avi'' is basically ''2 Girls 1 Cup'' turned up to twenty (rather fitting, as they were produced by the same people) — the real name for the accursed thing is ''Scat Swapping School Swallow''. It stars four women who appear to have been strongly coerced, and it lasts for sixty very long, very painful minutes. Vomit is involved, as is more shit than is humanly possible. Saying that it starts at [[NauseaFuel disgusting]] [[FromBadToWorse and only gets worse from there]] [[{{Understatement}} is a galaxy-sized understatement]], as it's possibly the most degrading excuse for pornography that has ever been conceived by a human mind. Zack Parsons of Something Awful rated each of its individual aspects [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale -INFINITY (negative infinity), for an overall rating of -INFINITY/50]], and urges that one never even ''think'' about looking for this film.

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