Anna Kendrick's 10 best and 10 worst movies, according to critics

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Not each domiciled tin get you an Oscar nomination. Here are Kendrick's lowest-rated movies, according to critics' scores.

10. Mr. Right" (2016)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 45%

Kendrick stars arsenic Martha, who becomes romantically progressive pinch "Mr. Right," played by Sam Rockwell, a erstwhile CIA supplier who now poses arsenic a hit-man ... only to return retired nan group who prosecute him.

"Rockwell and Kendrick are awesome together, but nan movie ne'er rather marries nan tiny romance and nan bloody killings. Most of nan clip nan 2 leads look to beryllium connected their ain successful a wholly abstracted movie," wrote nan Toronto Sun's Liz Braun.

9. "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates" (2016)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 39%

When Mike and Dave, 2 brothers who perpetually ruin family gatherings, put retired an advertisement connected Craigslist for wedding dates, Tatiana and Alice respond. The only issue? Tatiana and Alice aren't nan respectable young women they're pretending to be; they're conscionable scamming Mike and Dave for a free picnic successful Hawaii.

Elena Lazic of Little White Lies compared watching nan movie to "watching an absorbing basking personification discarded clip connected his embarrassingly mediocre, unfunny friends."

8. "Pitch Perfect 3" (2017)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 28%

The Barden Bellas reunite 1 last clip for a USO circuit since they've each graduated assemblage and are hating their careers. Each faces their ain struggles: Beca and her talent which could return her distant from nan Bellas, Fat Amy's estranged narration pinch her crime-lord father, and Chloe's blossoming narration pinch 1 of their guides connected nan tour, a worker named Chicago.

"As a whole, 'Pitch Perfect 3' feels for illustration an encore cipher asked for," Richard Roeper summarized for nan Chicago Sun-Times.

8. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (2009)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 28%

Though Bella and Edward ended "Twilight" together, things quickly autumn isolated aft Edward's relative Jasper attacks Bella astatine her day party. When Edward dumps Bella, she enters an almost catatonic state, but her relationship pinch Jacob, played by a recently jacked Taylor Lautner, brings her backmost to life.

Kendrick appears arsenic 1 of Bella's friends, Jessica, who has nan unpleasant task of trying to extremity Bella from getting connected a random man's motorcycle, arsenic she tries to conjure a shade of Edward. Yeesh.

"Two hours and 10 minutes of rambling, pointless drivel, wherever thing of immoderate existent liking happens," wrote The Dispatch's Matthew Lucas.

6. "Table 19" (2017)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 26%

Kendrick plays Eloise, a wedding impermanent who was precocious dumped by nan champion man via matter aft 2 years of dating. When she shows up, she's been moved to Table 19, a group of group who are only vaguely acquainted pinch nan couple. The array bonds and hijinks ensue.

Time Out's Cath Clarke wrote, "The gags ought to person been put retired of their misery and there's a profoundly uncool unfeminist message."

6. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" (2011)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 26%

The communicative of Bella and Edward continues arsenic they get joined successful beforehand of their friends and family (including Jessica). However, erstwhile Bella unexpectedly gets pregnant, Bella, Edward, and Jacob each disagree connected really to grip nan situation.

"So wide I recovered nan full acquisition to beryllium nosy because I emotion to beryllium portion of something, but nan movie to beryllium so-so ... Finally, nan movie seemed loooooooooooong. It lasted everlastingly and ever. It was nan longest 2 hr movie ever," wrote Liz Rubin of AutoStraddle.

4. "Rapture-Palooza" (2013)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 24%

After nan rapture occurs and leaves down each nan "bad" group for illustration Lindsey (Kendrick) and her fellow Ben (John Francis Daley), an evil leader called nan Beast, played by Craig Robinson, takes complete nan world. Lindsey and Ben effort to extremity him.

"'Rapture-Palooza' is simply a premier illustration of a movie that has awesome concept, but that struggles to agelong said conception into a feature-length mobility picture," wrote The Last Thing I See's Brian McKnight.

3. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (2012)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 23%

The film, based connected nan '80s gestation guideline of nan aforesaid name, follows 5 interconnected couples who are each dealing pinch nan various experiences and struggles of getting and being pregnant. Kendrick plays Rosie, who gets unexpectedly pregnant aft a one-night guidelines pinch a precocious schoolhouse friend Marco, played by Chace Crawford.

"Someday Hollywood will deliberation of women arsenic much than fallopian tubes successful heels; until then, we're stuck pinch this benignant of project," wrote Mike McCahill of The Guardian.

2. "The Marc Pease Experience" (2009)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 18%

The movie follows Marc Pease (Jason Schwartzman), a man successful his mid-20s who is still traumatized by an incident of shape fright from precocious school, truthful he's ne'er progressed past it. He is making love a precocious schoolhouse senior, Meg (Kendrick). Ben Stiller stars arsenic a coach also involved pinch Meg.

"It's severely written and inertly directed, pinch actors who don't person a hint what drives their characters," wrote Roger Ebert for nan Chicago Sun-Times.

1. "Get a Job" (2016)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 9%

In "Get a Job," Kendrick plays Jill, nan woman of nan main characteristic Will, played by Miles Teller. The movie follows Will and his friends connected their quests to get jobs aft assemblage graduation.

"Crass and painfully unfunny satirical drama changeable 4 years ago. It's yet receiving a token theatrical merchandise concurrent pinch being dumped into nan video-on-demand sludge pile," wrote Lou Lumenick of nan New York Post.

Now, for her champion films.

Kendrick has appeared successful immoderate cult classics.

10. "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" (2010)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 82%

The movie is an adjustment of nan beloved comic bid of nan aforesaid name. Michael Cera plays Scott Pilgrim, who develops feelings for a transportation personification named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but successful bid to day her, he must conclusion her 7 evil exes. Kendrick plays Scott's younger sister, Stacey.

"Full of fresh, crisp touches and nonchalantly brash performances, 'Scott Pilgrim vs. nan World' consistently hits nan saccharine spot," wrote Tom Charity for CNN.

9. "Rocket Science" (2007)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Ginny (Kendrick) recruits Hal (Reece Thompson), her chap student, to subordinate her arsenic portion of her statement pair; though Hal has a debilitating stutter. They bond, and Hal gains assurance arsenic a consequence of his statement experience.

Debbie Lynn Elias of Behind nan Lens wrote, "Humor, compassion, tenderness, forgiveness and friendship. The tests and tribulations of younker and of life told pinch heartfelt emotion and immoderate good executed deadpan comedy. A small off-beat and a batch of fun."

9. "Drinking Buddies" (2013)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Kendrick, who teamed up pinch Johnson and Swanberg successful "Digging for Fire," and pinch Swanberg for "Happy Christmas," plays Jill, nan woman of Johnson's characteristic Luke. Luke and his champion friend/coworker Kate (Olivia Wilde) are champion friends, and look for illustration they should beryllium together, but they some person important others.

Nicholas Bell of IONCINEMA wrote, "Its strengths are successful what it's not explicitly saying but softly showing, thing astir films are incapable to do."

9. "Alice, Darling" (2023)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Kendrick stars arsenic nan titular Alice successful "Alice, Darling" arsenic a young female who is successful an abusive relationship. When she goes connected a play travel pinch her 2 champion friends, it becomes harder to hide nan existent quality of her narration from them.

"It's a believable portrayal of nan effect of gaslighting and brainwashing: Alice's condemnation that she's astatine responsibility will resonate pinch galore audiences," wrote Time Out's Anna Smith.

9. "A Simple Favor" (2018)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Darcy (Kendrick) is simply a young widow pinch a concealed astir her husband's death, arsenic good arsenic her narration pinch her brother. She befriends Emily (Blake Lively), a glamorous chap mom astatine her son's simple schoolhouse pinch secrets of her own. When Emily goes missing, Darcy throws herself into nan hunt while blogging astir her experiences.

"Kendrick and Lively person ne'er been funnier, snapping one-liners astatine each different for illustration elastic bands; nan book is hyper-alert to nan undercurrent of competitiveness betwixt stay-at-home and moving mums," wrote The Guardian's Cath Clarke.

5. "End of Watch" (2012)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%

The movie centers connected nan relationship betwixt Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Peña), who are partners successful nan LAPD. It follows their interactions pinch a supplier cartel, gangs, and corruption. Kendrick plays Janet, Brian's woman and eventual wife.

"[Director David] Ayer and his formed look to person truthful convincingly nailed nan measurement these characters talk and enactment that you mightiness not moreover announcement nan movie slipping from workaday grit into out-and-out myth," wrote Bilge Ebiri of Vulture.

4. "ParaNorman" (2012)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%

Norman is an 11-year-old boy surviving successful nan municipality of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts. He discovers he has nan expertise to speak pinch nan dead, though nary 1 believes him, and he is ostracized from astir of his classmates. When his eccentric uncle makes him committedness to execute a ritual successful bid to support nan municipality safe, each hellhole breaks loose.

Kendrick plays Courtney, Norman's older sister.

"Tweens, alternatively than children, will savor its snarky bite, though for illustration nan shambling on-screen cadavers, nan communicative needed a spot much nutrient connected its bones," wrote The Daily Telegraph's Robbie Collin.

3. "Up successful nan Air" (2009)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 90%

Danny, played by George Clooney, is simply a human-resources advisor who travels from institution to institution helping pinch "termination assistance." He travels almost constantly; his main extremity passim nan movie is to gain 10 cardinal predominant flyer miles.

Kendrick plays Natalie, who comes to nan consulting patient to advocator for turning firing into a video convention call, alternatively of an in-person meeting. Danny convinces Natalie to recreation pinch him arsenic he performs his occupation to prevention nan walking facet of his career, and nan 2 bond.

To date, this is Kendrick's lone Oscar nomination.

Micheal Compton of nan Bowling Green Daily News wrote, "Jason Reitman raises nan barroom pinch a beautifully crafted movie that is smart, topical, funny and conscionable a small bittersweet. It's a cleanable operation for a movie that proves to beryllium nan very champion of 2009."

2. "Woman of nan Hour" (2024)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%

In summation to starring successful "Woman of nan Hour," Kendrick besides makes her directorial debut pinch nan Netflix film. It tells nan existent communicative of nan serial slayer Rodney Alcala, who appeared connected a 1978 section of "The Dating Game" successful nan mediate of his sidesplitting spree. Kendrick stars arsenic Cheryl Bradshaw, a contestant connected Alcala's episode.

"This is an accomplished directorial debut, a movie made pinch smarts and vision," wrote Robert Levin of Newsday.

1."50/50" (2011)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%

In "50/50," Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen co-star arsenic champion friends Adam and Kyle. Adam finds retired he has a shape of bony crab that has a 50/50 complaint of survival, and nan communicative follows Adam's travel done chemo, a support group, and therapy, which involves his therapist, Katherine (Kendrick).

"Director Jonathan Levine manages to dainty crab pinch nan respect it deserves whilst besides showing nan singular expertise of humans to find laughter successful nan astir heinous of circumstances," wrote The List's Kaleem Aftab.