Favourite films with a rotten rating from both critics and audiences

On IMDb, I was known for being exceptionally contrarian, often giving negative reviews to universally revered films like The Godfather and Bicycle Thieves (I was particularly known for how much I hated the movie Fargo). One could compare me to Armond White in that respect, but the main difference between him and I is that Armond White would not only trash critically acclaimed films, but would also name something like Paul Blart: Mall Cop as the best movie of the year. There are tons and tons of highly acclaimed films that I didn't like, but there are no universally panned films that I loved.

The only time I ever gave the thumbs-up to a universally panned film (I gave it 6/10, which just barely qualifies as a thumbs-up) was the 1991 film Closet Land. The only film to ever get an R rating "for psychological torture", the film was made as a political statement against torture (the director's husband worked for Amnesty International). It's a 2-character drama that consists entirely of a children's book author (played by Madeleine Stowe) being interrogated by a totalitarian government goon for allegedly inserting clandestine anti-government messages into her books (it's eventually revealed that the interrogator molested the author when she was a child as well). The film's biggest problem is that it's just so incredibly over-the-top and theatrical, with the elaborate set pieces and overly dramatic acting style detracting significantly from its power. In order to be effective as a statement against torture, you need grueling, brutal realism, not hammy, scenery-chewing melodrama. Still, it's not a bad film at all, IMO. Leonard Maltin gave it one-and-a-half stars, but conceded that nobody can possibly accuse the filmmakers of taking the easy way out. Indeed, it takes considerable skill to make something like this, even if it could have certainly been much better.