Such a pitch of criticism is proportionate to the expectations one might entertain for a film made by the man behind There's Something About Mary and fronted by a cast which includes two of this year's Oscar nominees – Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts – as well as the master of ceremonies (Seth MacFarlane). What has stunned is the depth reached, and the star wattage of those plumbing it Halle Berry in a scene from Movie 43. 'It's rare to see a piece of shit that actually looks and sounds like a piece of shit,' he wrote in New York magazine. David Edelstein offered cheery counterpoint to the chorus. For Peter Howell of the Toronto Star, it is the 'worst film ever', and 'biggest waste of talent in cinema history'. 'There's awful and THEN there's Movie 43,' wrote Richard Roeper in the Chicago Sun-Times. Unbuttered by PR largesse, few resisted the chance to unleash both barrels. Yet a handful braved the multiplex and paid anyway. Movie 43, which opened worldwide last Friday, wasn't actually screened for critics before release. But having your new film labelled 'the Citizen Kane of awful' might not be quite what Peter Farrelly had in mind. Every director dreams of being compared to Orson Welles.
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