2/9/10
The 7 Worst Rom Com Actors

photo by Ovidio Cordero

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, and the most overrated ones. Today we give you the 7 actors who should not be allowed to make another romantic comedy again by listing their body of sappy work. (And later this week we’ll close out the series with the 25 remaining worst rom coms ever made.) Behold these actors’ criminal rom-com oeuvre:

  1. Jason Biggs – My Best Friend’s Girl; Saving Silverman; Boys and Girls; American Pie; Loser; Anything Else; Wedding Daze; Over Her Dead Body
  2. Jennifer Lopez – Maid in Manhattan; Gigli; Jersey Girl; The Wedding Planner; Monster-in-Law
  3. Cameron Diaz – What Happens in Vegas; The Holiday; The Sweeetest Thing; There’s Something About Mary; A Life Less Ordinary; My Best Friend’s Wedding; Feeling Minnesota
  4. Matthew McConaughey – Fool’s Gold; Failure to Launch; How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days (actually, if we’re being totally honest, we kinda liked this one); The Wedding Planner; Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
  5. Freddie Prinze Jr. – She’s All That; Boys and Girls; Down to You; Head Over Heels; Summer Catch
  6. Ashton Kutcher – Just Married; My Boss’s Daughter; Guess Who; A Lot Like Love (actually, if we’re being totally honest, we kinda liked this one too); What Happens in Vegas; Valentine’s Day (we’re guessing it’s gonna suck Whitman’s)
  7. Drew Barrymore (the worst of the bunch!) – Everyone Says I Love You; The Wedding Singer; Ever After; Home Fries; Never Been Kissed; Duplex; 50 First Dates; Fever Pitch; Music and Lyrics; Lucky You; He’s Just Not that Into You