The Wayans brothers may have had a lot of success with tv’s “In Living Colour” but a lot of their films got bashed by critics and audiences alike. Here is my personal ranking of the 5 worst films from the Wayans brothers.
- Scary Movie 2
This horror spoof sequel has a ton of rude and crude gags that are not even vaguely funny. It also does a poor job of actually making fun of horror movies. Still, it’s a slight improvement over the original but maybe that’s because I lowered my expectations for this one.
- White Chicks
A film where the Wayans brothers play federal agents that disguise themselves as rich white girl to foil kidnappers. It would surely have been viewed as racists if it were about white guys pretending to be black girls. Putting the premise to one side, the comedy is as lame as you can possibly get.
- Scary Movie
This is arguably the most commercially successful film that the Wayans brothers ever did but it’s still awful. The movie spoofs the slasher genre but it bases a lot of its material from “Scream”, a film that was already satirising slasher pictures. This movie contains some of the most disgusting gags I’ve ever seen.
- Earth Girls Are Easy
This truly terrible picture combines the sci-fi, comedy and musical genres. The film stars Jeff Goldblum (“Jurassic Park”), Jim Carrey (“The Mask”) and Damon Wayans (“Blankman”) as three aliens. These are all talented and funny guys so it’s just so painful to see them in such a bad movie. “Earth Girls Are Easy” is anything but an easy watch.
- Little Man
This comedic abomination sees Marlon Wayans (“Senseless”) plays a short criminal that disguises himself as a baby. The special effects are never convincing and what we see is absolutely horrifying. The movie is also really predictable.
Dishonourable mentions:
A Low Down Dirty Shame, Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood