A new study has determined thatJessica AlbaandMike Eppsare the worst reviewed actors of the last 20 years. The study was conducted by Go Compare who attempted to determine which actors and actresses in movies had the worst track records based on reviews. This was done based on looking at the average Metacritic score for all of the movies the respective stars appeared in over the last two decades. The results are, in some ways, surprising.
Starting with the actresses, Jessica Alba, who had an average Metacritic score of 39 out of 100 for her movies, came out on top. Or at the bottom, depending on how one looks at it. Alba has been in a ton of poorly reviewed movies, from her pair ofFantastic Fourmovies, toSin City: A Dame to Kill Forand, more recently,Mechanic: Resurrectionalongside Jason Statham. That really just scratches the surface, as she’s also got credits such as the Dane Cook starringGood Luck ChuckandLittle Fockerson her resume.
Rounding out the top five actresses wereJessica Biel(Stealth,The A-Team),Heather Graham(Lost In Space,Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill,Surrogates) and, somewhat surprisingly, Kathy Bates who, in addition to starring in heralded movies likeMiseryandTitanichas also lent her talents to movies likeThe WaterboyandBad Santa 2, which didn’t help her case any.
Moving onto the actors, Mike Epps came out as the worst of the worst based on the results of this study, which reveals his movies average just 38.3 out of 100 on Metacritic over the past 20 years. Some of his notable credits over that time includeNext Friday,Resident Evil: Extinctionand, more recently, the basketball comedyUncle Drew. Epps also starred in the recentDeath Wishremake, and the horror comedyMeet the Blacks. Though, in fairness, he has had roles in hits likeThe HangoverandGirl’s Tripas well.
The top five actors list was rounded out byKevin Pollak(The Whole Nine Yards,Cop Out), Josh Duhamel (Transformers,Safe Haven), Robin Williams (Old Dogs,Night at the Museum) and Gerard Butler (Den of Thieves,Geostorm). People will surely be surprised to see the late and beloved Williams on the list, but many of his later efforts didn’t do well with critics, despite the fact that he starred in beloved movies likeDead Poets Societyand the Oscar-winningGood Will Hunting. Be sure to check out the full top ten lists below from theGo Comparestudy.
