The most overrated directors of all time

When it comes to being overrated, this lackey of power just cannot be beaten. He is and will always be the emperor of overratedness. Were it not for the vanity of mankind, this man would soon have been forgotten. However, for the ruling class this man has been a tremendous help in fogging the eyes of the ruled. To be or not to be....William Shakespeare. To do is to be......Jean Paul Sartre Do be do be do......Frank Sinatra

Well, this is probably the most overrated director of all time. If there was ever a film by him that was not unbearable dull, then it was a film that he had copied from another far better film. A bs-artist if ever there was one.

Simply catastrophic.

What is this??? Why did Bill Murray ever let himself get directed by this pajazzo?

Mostly unbearable.

The best thing he ever did was the nude shot of Arielle Dombasle in Pauline at the beach but you will probably never see it because it has been tampered with since and a computerized blanket covers everything that was special with that shot, which leaves ER totally empty-handed in the history of films.

Often had good stories to work with but his handling of them almost always destroyed them. Especially his bad choice of music is annoying. The man must have been tone-deaf! Still, Time Without Pity, The Prowler, The Go-Between, King and Country are all watchable films but not because of J.L.

8 mm and Falling Down are decent films and the praise this director has gotten is not overwhelming but when I think of all the films that were destroyed because of his handling of them (especially the Batman-films he did), I think he belongs here, definitely.

Only for homosexuals?

Well, more of a writer really but definitely overpraised. At best he was half-bad (or half-good if you're an optimist). Stiff upper lip b-s artist, describes him very well, I think.

Blow-Up is a masterpiece, especially the treatment of the sounds in that magic park, but the rest this director has done is beauty in the eye of the beholder and only there. Similar upper-class fixation as with Bergman. B-s paired with technical skills describes him correctly, I think.

Only for people who have not seen much film? Supposed to be funny? Overpraised, overpraised, overpraised.

New Wave of intensified b-s. Some humor, I must admit, but the overwhelming praise cements him on this list.

A very special american kind of b-s. His hallmark is bad sound and wobbly, "artsy" direction. Often saved by full frontal nude shots.

La Strada and Nights of Cabiria almost make me regret of putting this director on this list but then I remember Fellini Satyricon and Fellini Roma and the fantastic praise this director has gotten through the years and although he has done these two fantastic films (which, incidentally, would never have been as good without his wife in the leads), I nevertheless decide to put him here.

Wild Strawberries is a wonderful film. Still I want this director high on this list. If he had been less praised, then he would not have been on this list. One truly good film is however not enough for the praise he has gotten.

Contrary to popular belief, this director was quite superficial in his psychology, which can be witnessed in almost all his films save Wild Strawberries. The prime example for his shallowness is maybe Autumn Sonata.

I cannot remember that he ever did a film which proved social consciousness. His films are about people of the upper class or upper middle class, whom he always describes as far more miserable than they ever were, especially compared to the working-class.

Seemed to have been a very nice man but unfortunately overrated as far as his films are concerned. L'Argent de poche was a decent film but already The 400 Blows, although not altogether bad, was nevertheless overrated.

Curiously, his less rated films are his best films. The most overrated film of all time is otherwise "The Rules of the Game" but I like his acting in that film (damn it, I bite my hand). Late on this list but belongs there, for sure.

I originally wrote "no comment" here and I agree that this was the wrong thing to do as one of my critiques pointed out. Furthermore, dear Cecil did at least one deeply touching movie "The King of Kings", which is maybe the best movie on Christ so far and should merit him not to be on this list. Still furthermore, he simply isn't so highly rated anymore. I keep him here at the bottom as a reminder for my mistake and as long as he stays here at the bottom of the list, I hope this will keep me in place.

Got a commentary that John Ford should be on this list and I must say that I absolutely agree. Not that JF did not do any good films such as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "How Green Was My Valley". The point is, if he is OVERRATED or not and i think he is - just compare his tedious westerns with the ones by Sergio Leone.