27 Movie Couples That Did Not Seem To Have Any Chemistry At All

"The leads in Crazy Rich Asians don't have any chemistry, nor do they seem to be that fleshed out in the script. The supporting actors have better lines and their relationships are more believable."

—joannab14

"I genuinely did not think there was any chemistry between Kelly (Rose) and John's (Finn) characters. Not once while watching the film did I think, 'Yeah, these two will end up together.'"

—joep45cede9de

"Thor and Jane are great characters separately, but they did not work as a couple. Taika knew what he was doing when he broke them up for Thor: Ragnarok."

—teverdean

"I think Bryce and Chris are both such talented actors, and maybe the direction just wasn’t there, but I didn’t buy their chemistry at all."

—thetimble

"Tom and Helen's chemistry was so bad, I feel like he must have deliberately stranded himself on that island."

—krman90

"When I read the book, their relationship was so pure and made me so happy, which is why it’s one of my favorites from the series. But when I watched the movies, I was extremely disappointed with how poorly executed it was."

—kaylinmmeister

"I was so disappointed by Reese's lack of chemistry with Tom Hardy. Casting Tom may have been to set up Chris Pine's character as the "better choice" for Reese in the end, but Reese's lack of any sort of chemistry with Tom made Chris seem like the 'default' or 'fallback' choice, instead."

—mavmag

"Henry Cavill and Amy Adams were awful together. They looked as if they couldn’t be less interested in each other, and I damn near fell asleep every time they showed up on screen."

—laurenf5

"Kumail Nanjiani looked like he was trying way too hard for the relationship and the connection didn't seem to be authentic."

—maryjoe13

"The lack of chemistry between Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan as Gatsby and Daisy ruined the whole movie for me."

—aljr02

"I hate to say this, but I have to... Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally are not great together. They don't seem to click romantically even once in the movie. I love the story, just wish it was with a different cast."

—jenlk94

"It was excruciatingly painful to watch James Franco and Freida Pinto have a relationship with absolutely no chemistry."

—mrsnicegirl

"Elle and Justice had no warmth for each other, and you couldn't tell that they were playing two characters falling in love. There was no real connection between them — it all seemed a bit forced."

—twigletfluff7671

"There wasn’t ANY chemistry between Steve and Sharon! None! Not one bit! It makes no sense that they would have kissed."

—micahs4e696c39f

"The chemistry was so non-existent, even in the supposed 'romantic' scene where Momoa and Heard were supposed to be falling in love. It felt forced and I experienced extreme secondhand embarrassment."

—josmit2018

"Vivica A. Fox and Will Smith, who played Steven Hiller and Jasmine Dubrow, had absolutely no chemistry to speak of."

—jackay

"I couldn’t stand Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling together! Even though they were SO amazing in other movies together, it felt like a High School Musical scene in this one."

—alicesimard

"Y’all can get mad all you want, but there was no chemistry at all between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. I spent the whole movie wondering what these two people were doing together."

—PHM8

"Noah acted like an older brother to Elle in The Kissing Booth, and it just felt weird and uncomfortable to watch."

—b99isthebest

"Chris and Starr in The Hate U Give did not work well together. Their relationship in the book was so much better."

—bubbles_04

"Alice and Jasper had no connection. It looked like she was dragging her unnecessarily tense child through all the scenes."

—ivyymoon

"Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson as Katniss and Peeta felt very forced. Of course, in the beginning for Katniss it was actually forced, but later on when they were really married and had kids, there was still no chemistry."

—s463b03bd4

"Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman played husband and wife, but I swear she visibly flinched every time they had to kiss or show any romance. They definitely didn't seem like a couple that had been married for so many years."

—keshawna80

"There was no warmth between Belle and the Beast, even after they began to like each other. Belle was cold, Beast was stubborn, and unlike the cartoon, the ballroom scene was terrible at trying to convey romance."

—colleend9

"Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are both good actors by themselves, but together they were a total mess."

—aaronweeks101

"Elio and Oliver in Call Me by Your Name had absolutely no chemistry and a really weird, unbalanced relationship."

—momjeanbb

"There was more passion in the book between Natasha and Daniel. The movie was even a day longer than the actual book, so you would think they would develop more chemistry, but it was all so awkward."

—alvaset