| Avg. user rating: 10 ratings Hollywood's April Fools
In time for the goofiest of holidays, we present the 10 most overhyped
movie flops of all time
By Sean Nelson Special to MSN Movies
You can't judge a movie's quality by its box-office take. Then again, you
can't judge it by the hype explosion that precedes it either: It ... moreseems that if
studios spend enough on advertising, viral marketing and other sneaky
techniques, even the most terrible cinematic dreck can be foisted onto the
public consciousness as a "much-anticipated event." But every so often, the
media blitz backfires, the loud advance trumpeting ends in a barely audible
squawk, and an overhyped movie simply fizzles and is instantly forgotten. Except
by us. Here are our picks for movies that received the biggest buildup for the
smallest returns -- the ones that caused Hollywood to yell "April Fool!" to
the world and quickly change the subject. (20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett
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