Matt Pais' 20 worst movies of 2012

20. 'Act of Valor'

It may have seemed like a good idea to use active duty SEALs and live rounds to show the real heroism that these people do every day. Turning that idea into an offensively generic action movie, in which the non-actors' stiff performances as themselves take the real out of reality, makes "Act of Valor" as true and revealing as straight-to-DVD work by one of the "Expendables."Click here for our full review

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19. 'Pitch Perfect'

Anna Kendrick's charm counts for a lot, but the actress is no match for a mean-spirited movie that promotes condescension rather than inclusion. The characters in "Pitch Perfect" almost never connect to the music and are never developed outside of their one identifiable trait (the hot one, the fat one, etc.). A simultaneous rip-off of "Bring It On" and "Drumline," "Pitch Perfect" is, to follow the film's style of joke-writing, an aca-tastrophe. Click here for our full review

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These movies are so bad, the rankings feel somewhat arbitrary, and totally besides the point. Don't see them. Ever. Click here for Matt's Top 20 of 2012

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