Did the final chapter of the Night at the Museum franchise really need a Neanderthal romance and a monkey peeing on a miniature volcano? Secret of the Tomb is an aggressively rambling 2014 comedy that somehow manages to stick the landing in its final fifteen minutes.

Can a holiday comedy survive when it confuses toxic behavior and vile cruelty for actual humor? A Merry Friggin' Christmas is a gross, negative slog about a frantic father-son road trip that forgets to include any jokes.

What happens when a 60-year-old married man finally confronts his suppressed identity, only for the film to focus on a misguided, underdeveloped relationship with a young sex worker?

Why would a movie base its entire ticking-clock plot on a doctor impulsively giving a patient 90 minutes to live based on a cooking magazine? The Angriest Man in Brooklyn is a 2014 comedy devoid of any realism or buildup.

What happens when a psychological thriller forgets to include any actual thrills and instead rewards a widow for selfishly manipulating a dead-ringer for her late husband?

How did an animated penguin sequel become an exhausting, frantic mess driven almost entirely by random coincidence and a subplot about existential krill?

Did scaling up a magical museum to the massive Smithsonian actually fix the franchise's storytelling problems? Battle of the Smithsonian takes bigger swings but gets completely distracted by a bizarre Amelia Earhart romance.

Why does a family comedy about learning to be a father feature an incontinent dying dog, a fake gorilla hostage situation, and cursed CGI face filters? Old Dogs is a lazy, horribly written 2009 mess starring Robin Williams and John Travolta.

How did a pitch-black comedy about a father faking his awful son's suicide note become one of the most grounded and heartbreaking films of 2009? World's Greatest Dad tackles massive themes of grief and self-worth with unflinching honesty.

Why did a 2007 comedy think it was a good idea to put a newly engaged couple through psychological torment involving nightmare-fuel robot babies? License to Wed is a deeply smug and lazy slapstick film that relies on fake Chicago backgrounds.

Did Robin Williams really play an evil, child-exploiting street musician in a movie where a boy slaps a guitar to magically summon his parents? August Rush is a hollow, emotionally manipulative 2007 drama that completely misses the mark.

How does a cute animated movie about a tap-dancing penguin suddenly turn into a traumatizing, on-the-nose overfishing PSA? Happy Feet takes a massive, bizarre tonal shift halfway through that involves zoo hallucinations and tracker implants.

What happens when a psychological thriller about a radio host getting catfished reveals its entire mystery in the first fifteen minutes? The Night Listener boasts incredible acting but completely destroys its own tension.

How does a movie with a brilliant premise about magical museum exhibits turn into a bland string of forgettable action beats? Night at the Museum features a fantastic first twenty minutes before completely losing its way.

Did a movie about a disastrous family road trip in a giant "rolling turd" really deserve all the hate it got upon release?

What happens when a cynical comedian runs for president, actually wins, and then the movie gets too scared to stand behind its own premise?

What happens when someone tries to recreate the magic of Fargo but replaces all the grounded realism with a psychic hotline and a cartoonish Woody Harrelson?

Why does a 2005 animated movie about a world made entirely of robots make absolutely zero sense when you think about it for more than five seconds?

Imagine a futuristic world where a biological chip records your entire life, but the technology is only used to make 10-minute highlight reels for funerals?

Why did David Duchovny write and direct a coming-of-age movie about 1970s New York that is inexplicably obsessed with puberty and sex?