Artemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
Genre: Woke Disasters
Reviews of films that traded story for messaging and paid for it at the box office. The failures are instructive; these reviews explain what actually went wrong.
Romantic ComedyHe’s All That (2021)
Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework. He's All That is the 2021 Mark Waters-directed Netflix teen romantic comedy starring Addison Rae as Padgett Sawyer, a high school influencer whose specific social media career suffers public collapse following…
Woke DisastersOcean’s Eight (2018)
Ocean's Eight is the all-female spinoff of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) trilogy. Ross and Olivia Milch wrote.
Woke DisastersThe Hustle (2019)
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, and Jac Schaeffer wrote across the various adaptations. The film made approximately ninety-six million dollars worldwide on a twenty-one million dollar budget.
Woke DisastersMen in Black: International (2019)
Men in Black: International is the franchise reboot that replaced Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote.
Woke DisastersNo Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die is the final entry in Daniel Craig's James Bond tenure and one of the most divisive Bond films in the franchise's sixty-year history. Cary Joji Fukunaga directed.
Woke DisastersDon’t Worry Darling (2022)
Don't Worry Darling is the psychological thriller whose production controversies generated more public discussion than the film itself. Katie Silberman wrote from a story by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman.
Woke DisastersWhat Men Want (2019)
Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, and Alex Gregory wrote. The film made approximately seventy-three million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
Woke DisastersLightyear (2022)
Lightyear is the Pixar feature framed as the in-universe movie that made Andy from Toy Story want a Buzz Lightyear action figure. MacLane and Jason Headley wrote.
Woke DisastersMulan (2020)
Mulan (2020) is the live-action remake of the 1998 Walt Disney Animation Studios musical. Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin wrote.
Woke DisastersFrozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2 is the sequel to the 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film that became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed.
Woke DisastersTomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is the reboot of the Lara Croft film franchise built on the 2013 Crystal Dynamics video game continuity. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote.