Nicole Kidman has won an Academy Award, two Emmys, and five Golden Globes, but how many bad movies has she made? More than you'd think. At least, that's the assessment of the critics, who have panned plenty entries in Kidman's lengthy filmography over the past few decades. Amid all the awards and recognition for her great performances, these are the worst Nicole Kidman movies ever made.
To find these flawed films, we turned to Rotten Tomatoes' ranking of every Nicole Kidman movie, then went straight to the "rotten" ones—that is, any movie scoring under 60 percent. Be aware that Rotten Tomatoes ranks scores using an algorithm that rates some critics above others, so don't be surprised to see scores that aren't in exact descending order. On the whole, however, the following list represents the worst reviewed films of Kidman's career, and you might be shocked by some of the fan favorites included. Read on to see which movies the critics hated, and for more bad reviews for a big star, check out The Worst Meryl Streep Movies of All Time, According to Critics.
34 Malice (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 57 percent
33 Birthday Girl (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 59 percent
32 The Interpreter (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 57 percent
31 Australia (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 55 percent
30 Genius (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 53 percent
29 Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 52 percent
28 Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 49 percent
27 Far and Away (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 50 percent
26 How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 48 percent
25 The Paperboy (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 45 percent
24 The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 45 percent
23 My Life (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 42 percent
22 The Golden Compass (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 42 percent
21 The Human Stain (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 42 percent
20 The Upside (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 42 percent
19 Strangerland (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 41 percent
18 Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 39 percent
17 Days of Thunder (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 38 percent
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16 Batman Forever (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 38 percent
15 The Peacemaker (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 43 percent
14 Nine (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 39 percent
13 Birth (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 38 percent
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12 Billy Bathgate (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 38 percent
11 Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 37 percent
10 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 32 percent
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9 The Stepford Wives (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 26 percent
8 Bewitched (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 24 percent
7 The Goldfinch (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 24 percent
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6 Practical Magic (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 22 percent
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5 The Invasion (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 19 percent
4 Just Go With It (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 19 percent
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3 Queen of the Desert (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 18 percent
2 Grace of Monaco (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 9 percent
1 Trespass (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 11 percent
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