# Movies that were bad despite no production problems

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**Created:** [April 18, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-bad-despite-no-production-problems/752543 "2016-04-18T08:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-bad-despite-no-production-problems/752543/21 "2016-04-18T19:36:39Z")

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My brother is a set dresser, and has worked on numerous movies, great and awful.

The first major movie he ever worked on had a brilliant director, a great cast, and a screenplay based on an acclaimed novel. Everything went perfectly on the set.

And yet “Bringing Out the Dead” was an absolute yawner.

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