Chris Brown And Rihanna Offend, 'Wanderlust' Hits A Dead End And More: The Week In Ouch

In the fourth installment of our weekly round-up of brutal, if over-the-top reviews, a critic called Rihanna and Chris Brown's "Birthday Cake" a song for imbeciles, "Smash" got the "ouch" for the third week in a row, and "Wanderlust" became the film lacking in common sense.

This week, we've collected reviews from The Telegraph, People magazine, our friends at HuffPost and more to get the snarkiest, most honest commentary on the latest movies, TV shows, and music.

Let us know which pieces you think deserved harsh critiques, and which ones were unfairly blasted.

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[A Denise Moore]

09:25 PM on 03/01/2012

I could care less about Jennifer Aniston who obviously can't pick a good movie role. I DO care about The Walking Dead. Ken Tucker doesn't know what he's talking about. Yes, I'm a fan and even a bigger fan of zombies BUT The Walking Dead is a great show - much better than I expected. The character stories are great (although a big slow in developing ....Sophia anyone?) and I look forward to seeing the return of some lost characters like father and son, Morgan and Dwayne and bad ass Merle Dixon. It's the living that I care most about but love the way they kill the dead. Great show!

[Bushisgone]

09:43 AM on 02/26/2012

Ken Tucker's opinion about the Walk Dead

Everyone has an opinion just like and a........

The Walking Dead is a good show, not sure what he was watching but its about the charaters

Its a good show, I don't watch alot of TV anymore (well not really) but this show is fun

[grifone coronato]

09:04 AM on 02/26/2012

I was so taken aback by the reviewer from EW, referring to The Walking Dead as a show that's only about the audience wanting to see the main characters being "eaten". The Walking Dead is a character drama, which uses the zombie apocalypse as a backdrop to explore the growth and devolution of the characters. We can argue about whether the show is effective at delivering on that point, sure.

But the reviewer is treating The Walking Dead like it's a Saw or a Hostel, where the main focus is on the creative ways people die. That misses the point of the show completely!

[ChaCubed]

05:38 AM on 02/26/2012

I knew "Wanderlust" was in trouble when I saw a scene from it listed in the "Top Video Picks" section and thought, "Ahhh, a product placement ad, "Look, look how popular this movie is!", they must be desperate."

[dbw53022]

08:39 AM on 02/26/2012

Agreed..

[mccann25]

03:15 AM on 02/26/2012

I can't get into Smash, it keeps my eyelids wanting to close.

[kia22183]

02:57 AM on 02/26/2012

I bet if Smash was on CBS it would be AWESOME! Why can't NBC get it right?

[modelaford]

01:57 AM on 02/26/2012

I like Smash! Music, drama, and a great cast and producer - Stephen Spielberg.
Better than the dumb reality shows where everyone is yelling at each other and getting drunk.

[crossbones71]

01:11 AM on 02/26/2012

Wow the guy from EW has no clue about the walking dead! Its not about the Zombies its about the characters! It could be aliens, an invasion of commies or radical religion of any faith it is still about the people. Btw The Walking Dead does not refer to the zombies but the living.

[MohandasKGanja]

08:58 AM on 02/26/2012

In all honesty, it sounds like he is royally pissed off about Sophia being bitten. I'd have to read Tucker's other columns to know for sure, though.

[Bklyntaco]

01:06 AM on 02/26/2012

Why do they keep bringing Katherine McPhee back?

[mccann25]

03:16 AM on 02/26/2012

Keep bring Katherine McPhee back, as far as I know this is the first time she's been on tv since American Idol. Everyone loves Katherine McPhee, I just can't get into Smash.

[greenskeeper]

12:31 AM on 02/26/2012

I have an idea for "Walking Dead"------ Maybe, just maybe, they should have some walking dead people on once in a while. Just saying.

[JackDeath]

02:54 AM on 02/26/2012

Then maybe, you should watch the show with your eyes open. Just saying....

[Zed 0]

05:51 AM on 02/26/2012

Greenskeeper is being hyperbolic, but the cuts in the budget has resulted in much fewer zombies than the first season

[bettany23]

11:23 PM on 02/25/2012

It's not Jennifer Aniston's fault that she keeps putting out these horrible romcoms that make no sense, it's the media. If she clips her toe nail, even HP have to tell us about it, quite frankly JA have gotten to the point where she feels all she has to do is advertise that she is going to strip in the movie, flip her hair and not act and the crowd will fill the theatres because she is a bag of chips and then some, her stuff is gold plated not au natural like other women..

[thejadedentrepreneur]

01:01 AM on 02/26/2012

Boy is that not true. She's a notorious money killer at the box office. I have no idea how she continues to get hired.

[taterted81]

08:56 AM on 02/26/2012

She does quite well with dvd rentals and sales though.

[passingthought]

06:02 AM on 02/26/2012

its because she plays the same roll time after time. Angelina can play different rolls like salt.Mr.&mrs.Smith etc., but Jenn is always the sweetheart good girl. Charline Theron,Hallie Berry had to go on the dark side to get the Oscar.

[TaurusRose]

06:41 PM on 02/26/2012

I don't consider the playing action figures particularly 'different'
from each other, even when you're playing 20 of 'em,
they're much the same

[thejadedentrepreneur]

11:01 PM on 02/25/2012

A Jennifer Aniston movie tanking at the theatre? That's like saying the Pope is Catholic. Movies with her name in the credit lose their rear ends. She's a proven loser at the box office and has been since the mid 1990's. Why production studios continue to hire her and lose copious amounts of money on her films is beyond me. Seems like bad business.

[AngryHarpy]

11:49 PM on 02/25/2012

Marley and Me didn't tank...

Neither did Horrible Bosses.

[leskataus]

12:04 AM on 02/26/2012

Those weren't really her movies. She had a small role in "Horrible Bosses" and it was the dog that was the draw in "Marley & Me".

[thejadedentrepreneur]

12:58 AM on 02/26/2012

STARRING roles. Hers have all tanked going back nearly 20 years. Fact. Look it up.

[stape45]

01:21 AM on 02/26/2012

I don't know how well "Derailed" did at the box office, and I don't really care. What I DO know is that I enjoyed it a lot, and that's what we want from a movie, isn't it?.

[JackDeath]

03:24 AM on 02/26/2012

"Derailed" made $85 million in combined movie and DVD sales, with a production budget of $22 million. In short, the studio doubled their money.

[doglove]

10:50 PM on 02/25/2012

Every time I try to listen to 'Birthday Cake" my cats run out of the room and hide

And I am serious

[llibsetag]

10:15 PM on 02/25/2012

Rihanna: It's Whitney...Time for your wake up call.

[aceshigh11]

08:43 PM on 02/25/2012

WOW.

Ken Tucker is full of it in his assessment of Walking Dead. I couldn't disagree more.

I frankly AM invested in the characters...they're not just walking bits of chum for zombies. They've created an exceptionally well-crafted and well-acted show with very distinct characters, both likeable and loathsome.

That review is incredibly unfair.

[alicetilden]

09:27 PM on 02/25/2012

I agree completely. Walking Dead has become one of my favorite shows. I think the character mix is fascinating.

[Darren Christman]

10:06 PM on 02/25/2012

He simply cant appreciate anything but droopy drama-comedies. If not for The WD - I would not watch TV

[PLDgyrl]

09:32 PM on 02/25/2012

I agree, he obviously does not believe in the coming zombie apocalypse.

[Darren Christman]

10:05 PM on 02/25/2012

Some people dont like Sci Fi based fantasy horror as a genre. Those people like sappy romantic dramadies.

The Emmy's are fixed fake corporate awards anyway.