16 Filmmakers Who Actually Apologized For Their Work
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Batman and Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher, is largely viewed among the worst super hero movies of all time, and while it would be lovely to argue that it has gotten easier to watch with time and that the level of hatred it has received is unjustified, it's not, and it genuinely isn't. Gene Siskel called the film a "snickering, tiresome, overproduced extravaganza," and the bulk of his contemporaries concurred.
Apologies, or any true recognition of wrongdoing, are hard to come by in Hollywood, which is full of egomaniacal narcissists. It's always the fault of someone else. That's why it's so much more meaningful when a filmmaker genuinely admits, "My bad."
Although there aren't many to pick from, we were able to compile a list of filmmakers who expressed regret for their less-than-stellar work.
It's one thing to criticize a film; it's quite another way to apologize. Lifting your arms and accepting you made a mistake is a difficult thing to do here in Hollywood, but the following filmmakers dare to apologize for their high-profile gaffes.
![DEV PATEL is sorry about Avatar: The Last Airbender. NO NTo THEIAST ARBENDER IN3D In 2015, Patel admitted that it was hard promoting a film he didn't](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/9/760939.jpg)
![TIM ROTH is sorry for his flattering portrayal of FIFA boss Sepp Blatter. - DEPARDIEU NEILL ROTH UNITED PASSIONS THe TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD CUP Roth](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/3/760953.jpg)
![TIM KRING is sorry about the start of Heroes season two. HER OO In 2007, the Heroes creator called Entertainment Weekly and laid out in detail everyth](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/1/760951.jpg)
![PAUL NEWMAN used ads to apologize for his first movie. SILVER CHALICE TH In 1966, Newman's debut movie, The Silver Chalice, was about to start a weekl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/2/760952.jpg)
![MICHAEL BAY is sorry about Armageddon. AR.M In a 2013 interview, Bay apologized for the way the movie turned out, while also blaming its failures on s](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/760945.jpg)
![MAHERSHALA ALI apologized to Don Shirley's family. REETY After finding out that Shirley's family was outraged over the way Green Book portrayed Don Sh](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/760950.jpg)
![J.J. ABRAMS is sorry about all those lens flares. In an interview in 2013, Abrams acknowledged and apologized for his overuse of lens flares in his mo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/760949.jpg)
![JIM CARREY apologized for doing Kick-Ass 2. A few months after Sandy Hook, the actor took to Twitter to issue an apology for doing the movie - saying](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/3/760943.jpg)
![J.D. SHAPIRO is sorry for Battlefield Earth. 37 In 2010, Shaprio, the film's screenwriter, penned a column in the New York Post where he apologized t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/760946.jpg)
![GERARD BUTLER apologized to the people of Ireland. GeS BUTLER SWANK L loveyou In a 2009 interview, Butler admitted he butchered the Irish accent in P.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/8/760948.jpg)
![GEORGE CLOONEY AND JOEL SCHUMACHER are both sorry for Batman & Robin. TN 0B Clooney says he regularly apologizes for the film and even keeps a picture](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/1/760941.jpg)
![CHUCK LORRE apologized for Two and a Half Men during an acceptance speech. After winning a Television Academy Honors award for Mom in 2014, Lorre said](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/7/760947.jpg)
![CHRIS CARTER is sorry for the way The X-Files ended. TON DEXTER Cliris Carter In a 2020 interview, The X-Files creator apologized for ending the show](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/4/760944.jpg)
![CAMERON CROWE apologized for casting Emma Stone as an Asian-American character. LO co. ake After much controversy about his decision to cast Stone in](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/2/760942.jpg)
![BEN RAMSEY is sorry for Dragon Ball: Evolution. Ramsey, the film's writer, took responsibility for the disappointment he caused to Dragon Ball fans du](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/8/760938.jpg)
![DAMON LINDELOF is sorry for the way he treated Lost fans. Lindelof admits he didn't consider people who constantly complained about Lost as true fans](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/0/760940.jpg)