Tom Selleck is a respected actor. The star’s career has spanned decades and most of his films have grossed millions at the box office. But like every actor, Selleck has had a few flops in his career. One of the flops was a 1992 “idiot” film that currently has a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Highlights of Tom Selleck’s acting career
Selleck’s career began with small roles in films including Myra Breckinridge, a role he got after being invited to the set. His first TV appearance was there The dating game in 1965. He also appeared in commercials for Pepsi-Cola and had a small role in coma and The seven minutes.
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Selleck became famous through the TV series of the 80s Magnum, P.I He played the Hawaii-based private investigator. His role in Magnum, P.I closed the door to other opportunities as producers wouldn’t let him pursue other ventures.
He, in turn, lost playing Indiana Jones Hunter of the lost treasure. He also turned down the lead role Baywatch because he didn’t want to be seen as a sex symbol. The role went to David Hasselhoff. While his magnums years in which he performed runway as a detective and in Three men and a babywhere he played a surrogate father.
The latter film was the biggest hit at the box office when it was released. He was then trying his hand at a romantic comedy when he appeared your alibi and returned to crime an innocent man. The ’90s were particularly busy for Selleck, who appeared in People!, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, In & Out, The Love Letter, and Three men and a little lady.
His most famous role during this period is his role in Friends as Richard Burke, Monica Geller’s older boyfriend. Selleck appeared as a divorced eye doctor who was friends with Monica’s parents and her boyfriend. After separating from Monica, the Richard actor appeared in later episodes of the series.
He also performed Ike: Countdown to D-Day, Las Vegas, and has appeared on CBS Blue blood since 2010 where he plays Frank Reagan.
Tom Selleck’s 1992 film has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score
During the ’90s, Selleck appeared in a slew of films, and while most received critical acclaim, one of them bombed so hard it never recovered. People! is a comedy-drama film starring Selleck’s character Jon, who lives a successful life until his father moves in with him with dementia.
Jon’s life takes a turn for the worse and he gets hurt. After so much misfortune, things start to improve when Jon’s wife returns to the herd. They buy a house and it turns out that his father, who was shouting nonsensical words, bought stocks worth millions a few years ago.
The film flopped at the box office, grossing a whopping $6 million worldwide on a budget of $15 million. It was panned by critics and received a 0% rating on film aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Collette Maude of Time Out said of the film: “Disguised as a commentary on the greedy 80’s, this is clearly the kind of moronic comedy that fans love Weekend at Bernie’s Team of Kolthoff and author Robert Kline.”
Other films with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
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Halle Berry may have several good films on her level, though Dark Tide is not one of them. The film flopped, earning a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it “flat and brackish.”
Jon Hamms Stolen also falls on this list as critics felt its plot was stolen from several “superior films” to make a “wannabe thriller”. Critics warned against watching the 1999 film Simon Sez and asked viewers not to watch it “no matter how starved” they are to see anything.
others include Precious Cargo, Constellation, Max Steele, and kill me softly
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