Ryan Reynolds is currently one of the most popular movie stars on the planet. However, how many of you knew he began his career as a teenager in the aptly titled Canadian TV-series Fifteen back in 1991? It's true. Reynolds spent most of the 1990s cutting his teeth on several TV shows, including guest-spot appearances on The X-Files, The Outer Limits, and others.
After landing his breakout role as Van Wilder in 2002, Reynolds has become recognized as one of the most charismatic funnymen in Hollywood. But that doesn't always translate to the very high-quality cinema, does it? For a better picture, here are Ryan Reynolds' 10 Worst Movies, According to IMDB!
Ordinary Magic (1993) 5.9/10
Following a 13-episode stint on Fifteen, Reynolds landed his very first movie role in the Canadian coming-of-age tale Ordinary Magic. Despite playing two lead roles in the film, the magic has worn off in the eyes of IMDB voters.
Reynolds plays Ganesh/Jeffrey in the film, in which the teenage boy in India is sent to live with his Aunt in Canada following his father's death. When Ganesh learns his aunt's house is to be razed to make way for a ski resort, he organizes a non-violent hunger protest to curb construction.
Buying The Cow (2002) 5.9/10
The sophomoric rom-com Buying the Cow stars Jerry O'Connell as a commitment-averse yuppie whose longtime girlfriend Sarah (Bridgette Wilson) gives him an ultimatum: get serious or get the eff-out!
Luckily for David (O'Connell), his idiotic pals Mike (Reynolds) and Jonesy (Bill Bellamy) help guide him through the difficult decision-making process. Should David stay in L.A. and continue his gallivanting ways, or move with Sarah to New York as she begins a new job. Silly, juvenile, and way too formulaic for Reynold's brand of humor.
The Captive (2014) 5.9/10
Atom Egoyan is one of the most revered Canadian filmmakers of all time, which makes his paltry collaboration with Reynolds in The Captive all the more disappointing.
Eight years after young Cassandra (Alexia Fast) suddenly goes missing, subtle clues come to light that suggests she's still alive somewhere. As friends, family, and local police search for Cass' whereabouts, the film flashes back to the ill-fated night when the 9-year-old girl was abducted from her father Matthew's (Reynolds) pickup truck.
The In-Laws (2003) 5.7/10
In the lackluster remake of The In-Laws, Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks face off in a series of wacky comedic hijinks. Reynolds plays Mark Tobias in the film, son of Douglas' sneaky undercover C.I.A. character who poses as a boring photocopy salesman.
As Mark (Reynolds) and Melissa (Lindsay Sloane) get ready to march down the aisle in holy matrimony, Steve's (Douglas) dangerous occupation threatens to undermine the entire ceremony. Big, broad, and largely devoid of the original's charm.
R.I.P.D. (2013) 5.6/10
The comedic pairing of Reynolds and The Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, seemed like a perfect idea at the time R.I.P.D. was announced. Alas, then the movie came out. With an estimated $130 million price tag, the film has yet to gross north of $80 million in worldwide ticket sales.
The tone-deaf supernatural detective story traces dirty cop Nick (Reynolds), who, after being shot dead by his shady partner Hayes (Kevin Bacon), is assigned to an afterlife post in the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.). Nick soon meets Roy (Bridges) a grizzled detective vet whom he must work with in order to prevent a global apocalypse.
Green Lantern (2011) 5.5/10
One of the coolest things about Reynolds is his ability to poke fun at his own image. The number one target of his own self-deprecating ire is that of Green Lantern, which his other superheroic alter ego, Deadpool, skewers with absolute glee.
Green Lantern is a $200 million failure of epic proportions. Reynolds dons the green eyemask as Hal Jordan, a manic test-pilot who obtains a powerful alien ring that grants him supernatural abilities. As such, he's recruited as part of the Green Lantern police force where he fights bad guys out for world domination.
We All Fall Down (2000) 5.4/10
How'd you like to play a character called Red Shoes? Well, such a dubious distinction belongs to Reynolds in the Canadian biographical drama We All Fall Down.
Co-written and directed by Martin Cummins, the film plays as a semiautobiographical account of the longtime actor's (Cummins) early life. Informed by the death of his mother, Michael (Darcy Belsher) falls into a world of drugs, hookers, and violence on the hardened streets of...British Columbia?
The Alarmist (1997) 5.0/10
It's likely never a good sign when a comedy is directed by a guy named Dunski. Talk about Alarmist!
And yet, Reynolds' second feature film came via The Alarmist, a middling comedy starring David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, and Kate Capshaw. The story concerns Tommy (Arquette), a security alarm salesman whose nascent success is interrupted when he learns a shocking secret about his boss' extracurricular activities. While Tucci's performance was praised, the rest of the film was summarily panned. Not even Reynolds could save the day.
Boltneck (2000) 4.5/10
Also known as Big Monster on Campus, Boltneck is a cheap and highly derivative Frankenstein imitator starring Matthew Lawrence in the lead role. Need anyone say more?
Frank Stein (Lawrence) is a dimwitted student who suspects that his friend Karl (Reynolds) has received a brain transplant from a psychotic killer after being tossed into an empty swimming pool. Seriously! When the psychotic urges kick in, Frank does all he can to quash Karl's murderous urges.
Coming Soon (1999) 4.4/10
The lives of three wealthy female Manhattanites are explored in Colette Burson's underwhelming coming-of-age tale Coming Soon, an ersatz pre-Sex and the City movie made at the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the film ranks as Reynold's lowest, according to IMDB.
Bonnie Root, Gaby Hoffman, and Tricia Vessey star as the aforesaid trio trying to navigate their love-lives in bustling New York City. Reynolds plays one of the girls' hunky love interests, as does Ashton Kutcher in his feature film debut.