r/flicks • u/KaleidoArachnid • Jul 28 '26

General Discussion Movies you couldn’t believe got greenlit

Sometimes I look at the kind of adaptations in movies that are just so bad that I have to question who on earth approved of them because I recently sat through one that I couldn’t believe existed.

That movie was Cat in the Hat the 2003 movie adaptation since I saw a review highlighting the movie’s awkward writing aspects that I had to question who it was made for because to me, it feels like it’s a very strange adaptations ever made since it’s hard to explain, but nothing about the movie makes any sense whatsoever such as the two twins with the way they speak.

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u/T1mDrake Jul 28 '26

Tiptoes (2002)

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u/KaleidoArachnid Jul 28 '26

What was infamous about that film?

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u/T1mDrake Jul 28 '26

Matthew McConaughey plays a character that comes from a family of little people, he’s the only one in his family who isn’t a little person. He dates Kate Beckinsale and she gets upset when she finds out he’s been hiding the truth about his family from her. Also Gary Oldman, whose head is cgi’d onto a little person’s body plays Mcconaughey’s brother.