People Are Revealing The Movies That Made Them Walk Out Of A Theater, And WOW
Recently, Stephen King took to Twitter and revealed that the only movie he’s walked out of (as an adult) is Transformers.
2. Fantastic Four (2015)
“The movie spent way too long character-building, and it made the characters uninteresting. Then the big showdown with Dr. Doom felt rushed and forced. I couldn’t make it to the end.”
—dougfancy101290
3. Red Sparrow (2018)
“I thought it was gonna be a cool story about a girl becoming a spy, and instead, people are being very graphically sexually assaulted.”
—erindanielle14
4. Magnolia (1999)
“My friend and I were just confused and unsettled by the whole thing. I keep thinking I should give it another shot, but part of me thinks it’s better left alone.”
—jessicasmith1
5. Epic Movie (2007)
“We saw it in high school just because we were bored, and even though we had spent our own money on it, we walked out. I cannot explain how bad that movie is or how it ever got made. It makes Twilight look like high art.”
—hilaryemsmith
6. Hunger (2008)
“I tried watching it at home, but it took me three tries. There was so much literal shit everywhere…on themselves, on the wall of their cells…my gag reflex just couldn’t take it.”
—nicoal
7. What Women Want (2000)
“It’s the only movie I have ever walked out of the cinema part way through. It started off quite funny and then turned into this snooze fest romantic pile of blurgh. Looked at my fella, and he looked just as bored, so we left.”
—nib80
8. La La Land (2016)
“My friend and I walked out of it. I know it got a bunch of praise, but oh my god was it boooooring. We tried for what felt like a long time, and when we looked at each other, we both were like, ‘Do you wanna leave, too?'”
—doireallyneedto4576what
9. Borat (2006)
“My husband will pretty much watch anything, from terrible ’80s action movies to Oscar-winning documentaries to cheesy rom-coms. He’s chill and easy to please. The only movie he ever walked out on? Borat. He still can’t place exactly why, but he loathes Borat to this day. Likes other Sacha Baron Cohen stuff, too!”
—bluegreenjellyfish
10. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
“Halfway through the movie, I mentally and emotionally couldn’t handle it anymore. I never finished the movie, and I never will. Period!”
—annechananne
11. Troy (2004)
“It wasn’t because it is exceptionally bad (it’s not great either), but I was in college when I saw it. I studied history and was, at the time, in a class that studied the Iliad. I was so mad! So mad!!! It made no sense and changed so much, that I literally screamed at the movie theater that it was bull****. This movie made me later appreciate Oliver Stone’s Alexander for being semi-historically accurate (helped me put faces on Alexander’s Diadochi — generals, and memorize them easier).”
—luthy_one
12. The Call of the Wild (2020)
“The book is incredible; one of my favorites. The movie strikes me as having been written by someone who SparkNoted the SparkNotes page for the book and has never seen so much as a photo of Alaska. The storyline was a far cry from the original, and don’t even get me started on the scene where for some incomprehensible reason someone put a wild boar in the Alaskan wilderness. The whole movie just seemed like a really lazy adaptation of the book. It’s been a year or two, and I’m still salty.”
—area51official
13. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
“I hate to say this because I loved the show: I couldn’t finish the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. It was so bad, but my friends didn’t want to leave. So I just took a nap. When I woke up, I had NO IDEA how the plot got to where it was.”
—catsforeverbabiesnever
14. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
“The Beauty and the Beast live-action remake was just awful and so, SO dull. My boyfriend and I left because we were just so bored!”
—jessethecowgirl
15. The Love Guru (2008)
“Can’t remember how long my friend and I lasted, but it certainly wasn’t until the end. I still don’t even know what it’s about lol.”
—liaashae
16. The Master of Disguise (2002)
“I love Dana Carvey, really and truly, but what a steaming turd of a movie. It has been, to DATE, the only movie that I have ever walked out of.”
—witchyribbon84
17. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
“What a gigantic snooze fest. Sorry, Chris; I adore you and think you’re a great actor. This script was so CLUNKY.”
—atticcrazy
18. Armageddon (1998)
“Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck gave their most wooden performances in that film, and that is saying something.”
—vanessag22
19. Into the Woods (2014)
“God, that was boring. Every song sounded the same! Great cast, but that can’t save a boring script.”
—oclarekaty
20. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
“It was just actually insulting how little they tried.”
—fortuneandglory
21. Les Misérables (2012)
“A friend wanted to see it for their birthday, but fairly early on, we all kind of were looking at one another like ‘Wtf?’ and ‘Should we go? This is bad right?’ Anne Hathaway crushed that one song, but otherwise, that movie was hot garbage.”
—katee4b26fc223
22. District 9 (2009)
“The found-footage concept is cool, but on such a large screen, it made me and my mom both feel nauseous. If I recall correctly, we only stayed about 20 minutes.”
—captainkappa173
23. Balls of Fury (2007)
“It is the only movie my husband and I have ever walked out on. Sure, it’s supposed to be ridiculous; we can handle ridiculous, but this was completely insufferable! No. Too crass and terrible.”
—sentwisle85
24. Friday Night Lights (2004)
“The shaky camera made my husband, who was having chemo, and then me, queasy; we both threw up. We did get a refund.”
—patriciareid
25. Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)
“I lasted 30 minutes. I was even stoned, so it all should’ve worked in concept, but that movie is just tooooo dumb.”
—jepsoncobb
26. Father Stu (2022)
“Such a bore. It started out really slow and was hard to follow, but I gave it the benefit and thought that it would get better as it went on, but it never did. Only movie I’ve ever walked out on.”
—alexissoneilll
27. Cats (2019)
“Some friends and I realized the cursed Cats movie was playing at the same theater as a movie we wanted to see, so after ours was finished, we popped into the Cats room out of morbid curiosity. We caught about two and a half musical numbers, and they were oddly hilarious but terrifying. The movie was nearly over, but we didn’t stick around to see what happened with those creepy-ass creatures.”
—itshannahbrown
28. Thumbelina (1994)
“I went to see it with my sister and a friend, but we kept leaving the theater to play the video games upstairs. We eventually left the theater altogether and went home. If an animated movie can’t keep kids’ attention, that is not good.”
—vexed_easily
29. 10,000 BC (2008)
“A $105 million budget, and I couldn’t get more than 30 minutes into the movie. It was so slow, the acting and directing were subpar, and the art was not nearly as immersive as necessary for this sort of epic. I love Steven Strait and Roland Emmerich, but it just didn’t work.”
—alisonb4cfd9a027
30. The Master (2012)
“It was so boring, and I wanted to like it. I got to the point where I just didn’t care about what happened and just got up and left. Still have no idea how that ended and can’t believe it got so many Oscar nominations.”
—juliekmiami
31. Hellboy (2019)
“I’ve never walked out of a movie, but I should have with the new Hellboy. There were a lot of good actors in it, but it has to be the worst movie I’ve ever seen.”
—alishas41ff2ed5c
32. Dead Ringers (1988)
“It was 1988, and my friend and I couldn’t take it even after the beers we consumed in the theater.”
—dawncat68
33. And Bug (2006), which someone WISH they’d walked out of.
“I will always regret not walking out of Bug. Worst movie I have ever seen, and it still holds true all these years later.”
—beckichino