Biting Hollywood's Hand: 20 Stars Who Dissed Their Own Movies

Jim Carrey, "Kick-Ass 2"

The Dumb and Dumber actor recently spoke out against the violence in his upcoming R-rated superhero comedy, where he plays the layman crime fighter Colonel Stars and Stripes. The actor took to Twitter, saying, "I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence." He added: "I meant to say my apologies to others involve with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart."

Matt Damon, "Bourne Ultimatum"

Damon said that Tony Gilroy’s script for the third Bourne film, where he respires his role as the amnesiac government agent, was “unreadable.” He continues: “This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It's terrible. It's really embarrassing.”

Halle Berry, "Catwoman"

Berry was in attendance at the 25^th annual Razzie Awards to accept her Golden Raspberry for Worst Actress for her work in 2004’s Catwoman. “I want to thank Warner Bros. for casting me in this piece-of-sh--, god-awful movie,” said the Monster Ball actress in her acceptance speech.

Ben Affleck, "Daredevil"

The Argo director admits, “I made a bunch of movies that didn't work,” and he cites 2003’s Daredevil as one such film. In the superhero thriller, Affleck plays a blind lawyer that doubles as the visually impaired vigilante, Daredevil. 

Sean Penn, "Fair Game"

Though he never verbally denounced the film, Penn did refuse to participate in any sort of publicity or promotion for the political thriller due to his volatile relationship with the film’s director Doug Liman.

Kevin Costner, "For Love of the Game"

Costner blames Universal for compromising the integrity of the baseball biopic in order receive a more commercially viable PG-13 rating. “[For Universal], this movie has always been about the length and the rating. It's never been about the content.” He explains, “I just feel like they hurt the movie.”

Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers 2"

“When I saw the second movie, I wasn’t impressed with what we did,” said LaBeouf about Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, the second film in the multi-billion dollar robot-riddled franchise.  He admits, “There were some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone…we got lost.” The film went on to gross more than $800 million.

Katherine Heigl, "Knocked Up"

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Heigel called the 2007 Judd Apatow directed comedy, where she plays an unintentionally impregnated entertainment journalist, “a little sexist.” The Emmy-award winning actress added: “It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys.”

Matthew Goode, "Leap Year"

Goode believes that actors should be able to openly tell the truth about their work, especially when their work is subpar. The A Single Man actor calls the rom-com “turgid,” adding, “I just know that there are a lot of people who will say it is the worst film of 2010.” Goode goes onto admit that the reason he took the part was because the movie was filming close to his home in England.

Colin Farrell, "Miami Vice"

In the film adaptation of the 1980s TV series, Farrell plays detective Crockett opposite Jamie Foxx’s Detective Tubbs. When asked about the movie, the Total Recall actor pragmatically stated, “I didn’t like it so much.

Charlize Theron, "Reindeer Games"

In her interview with Esquire, Theron called the crime thriller, which also starred Ben Affleck, a “bad, bad, bad movie.” Despite her harsh description of the film, the Oscar-award winner looked on the bright side, stating, “But even though the movie might suck, I got to work with John Frankenheimer.”

Mark Wahlberg, "The Happening"

While being interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter for his Oscar-award wining film The Fighter, Wahlberg made reference to the 2008 M. Night Shyamalan thriller as “a bad movie.”

Brad Pitt, "The Devil's Own"

The World War Z star called The Devil’s Own “the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking -- if you can even call it that -- that I've ever seen.” The film follows a police officer, played by Harrison Ford, as he discovers that the mysterious man (Pitt) that is living in his home is actually an IRA terrorist.

Christopher Plummer, "The Sound of Music"

In the 2011 actor’s roundtable, Plummer told THR that the film role he considers to be toughest of his long, illustrious career was Captain Von Trapp in the The Sound of Music. He describes the much-beloved musical as “awful and sentimental and gooey.” He explains, “You had to work terribly hard to try and infuse some miniscule bit of humor into it.”

Shia LaBeouf, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

The outspoken actor once again shared his personal opinions about one of his films, this time it was the fourth installment of  George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s beloved franchise. LaBeouf said, "I think the audience is pretty intelligent. I think they know when you've made [a bad movie]. And I think if you don't acknowledge it, then why do they trust you the next time you're promoting a movie?”

Megan Fox, "Transformers"

Fox acknowledges that Transformers is responsible for jump-starting her career, but she also is aware that the global blockbuster will not win her any Oscars. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Fox said, “I don't want to blow smoke up people's ass. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting.”

Peter O'Toole, "Troy"

The veteran film actor called the epic war film, starring Brad Pitt, a “disaster.” The Lawrence of Arabia star went onto condemn Troy’s German-born director, Wolfgang Petersen, saying, “The director, that kraut, what a clown he was."

Jamie Lee Curtis, "Virus"

Curtis had some harsh words for her 1999 sci-fi thriller, saying, “Virus is so bad that it's shocking.” The actress went on to call the film a “piece of shit” and “just dreadful.”

James Franco, "Your Highness"

In GQ’s comedy issue, the Pineapple Express star was quoted saying, "Your Highness? That movie sucks. You can't get around that." In the medieval stoner comedy, Franco plays the gallantly ignorant Prince Fabious.

Michael Bay, "Armageddon"

In a Miami Herald interview that was meant to promote his film Pain & Gain, Bay ended up offering an apology for one of his earlier directorial efforts, saying,  “I will apologize for Armageddon because we had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks,” The Transformers director continued: “It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could." Bay later backtracked on his comments on his blog.