18 Early '00s Movies You Thought Were Good, But Are Actually Pretty Horrible

Rotten Tomatoes score: 3%

Most scathing review: “It's like watching the dreckiest of teen puppy courtships trying to pass itself off as Annie Hall.” -- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

Why you probably loved it: Cause it created a perfect fantasy of what you thought your college romance/experience would be like.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 11%

Most scathing review: “This is a lame, stupid movie.” – Roger Ebert.

Why you probably loved it: Because it reminded you of Ever After, but with Lizzie McGuire.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 33%

Most scathing review: “An over-the-top supernatural thriller so ridiculous it's unintentionally funnier than some of his recent comedies like My Boss's Daughter.” -- Lou Lumenick, NY Post.

Why you probably loved it: There are really only two reasons: Ashton Kutcher, and you were high as fuck when you saw this.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 14%

Most scathing review: “She's [Britney Spears] not yet an actress, not quite a singer...” – Richard Roeper, Ebert and Roeper.

Why you probably loved it: Obviously because it was Britney Spears' first starring film role, plus it had the whole best friends road trip plot line.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%

Most scathing review: “Josie and the Pussycats are not dumber than the Spice Girls, but they're as dumb as the Spice Girls, which is dumb enough.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.

Why you probably loved it: It was fast paced, visually appealing, and it attempted to be witty.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 14%

Most scathing review: “There is much to grate on your nerves in this TV Afterschool Special trying to pass as a real movie.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

Why you probably loved it: Its very cliché star-crossed lovers plot line.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 8%

Most scathing review: “Disjointed plotting and afterschool-special dialogue offer scant opportunity for the charismatic leading duo to work up much chemistry.” -- Jessica Winter, The Village Voice.

Why you probably loved it: Because it had the all-too-familiar Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers plot.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 8%

Most scathing review: “After giving Summer Catch an hour and a half of my life, I resent every stolen minute.” -- Jonathan Foreman, NY Post.

Why you probably loved it: Cause it starred Freddie Prinze Jr.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 14%

Most scathing review: “It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

Why you probably loved it: It was a campy erotic thriller about obsessive love, that seemed original if you had never seen or heard of Fatal Attraction.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 24%

Most scathing review: “It's actually an example of an even more unusual subgenre: the dumb, suspense- free and undersexed stalker drama. It just might be the first and last movie of its kind.” -- Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle.

Why you probably loved it: You thought this was a super dark suspense thriller, but, of course, you primarily watched it because of Josh Hartnett.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 49%

Most scathing review: “Riding in Cars with Boys is a traffic accident of a movie.” -- Rick Groen, Globe and Mail.

Why you probably loved it: It was like the ultimate after school special; Drew Barrymore plays a pregnant teen who must overcome lots of adversity in 1960s Connecticut.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 27%

Most scathing review: “It's an overwrought teen weepy, Terms of Endearment for the TRL crowd.” -- Christy Lemire, Associated Press.

Why you probably loved it: Because it was a saccharine coming-of-age teen romantic drama that you thought was so deep and profound. Plus it starred early ‘00s teen super stars Mandy Moore and Shane West.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 9%

Most scathing review: “The writing is so bad that it's impossible not to laugh out loud at scenes intended to be scary or serious.” -- Christy Lemire, Associated Press.

Why you probably loved it: Two reasons: Joshua Jackson and Paul Walker.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 35%

Most scathing review: "An excellent choice for American parents who want their children to grow up infatuated with British royalty." -- Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel.

Why you probably loved it: The total escapism fantasy of Daphne’s (Amanda Bynes) rag-to-riches story.

Also, after watching this movie you might have had a thing for Colin Firth -- which probably led to subsequent viewings.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 17%

Most scathing review: “A little more coarseness, or at least some originality, might have helped the jokes, which barely rise to the level of might-see TV.” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times.

Why you probably loved it: Because in 2001, the year the film was released, there was no bigger star than J. Lo.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 22%

Most scathing review: “Coyote Ugly, a movie that's the follow-your-dream equivalent of singing karaoke along with a DVD of Flashdance.”-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

Why you probably loved it: The cheesy plot about living out your dreams. Plus lots of eye-candy.

The film does have its defenders though.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 20%

Most scathing review: “There’s an entertainingly ludicrous movie lurking somewhere inside of the ludicrous, mediocre one this actually is.” – Charles Taylor, Salon.

Why you probably loved it: The film had dazzling choreographed dance moves and a good soundtrack. Also you might have been to young to realize that it was a rip-off of Flashdance.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 19%

Most scathing review: “If any of these characters had even a double-digit IQ, there’d be no movie.” -- Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review.

Why you probably loved it: Because you were a huge NSYNC fan and also Lance was your favorite remember. But let's be honest, even then you probably didn’t really like it.