Diamonds in the Rough (DitR, /dɪ’tər/) takes some of the most derided, divisive, controversial, financially catastrophic, and meme-worthy movies and tries to find the silver lining. Bad movies don’t always start as bad ideas, and flops aren’t always flop-worthy. DitR seeks to find the good within the bad, because the world could use some positivity. And when all else fails, making fun of bad movies is oh-so satisfying.

In this installment, we look at The Box, the third feature film from Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko). [Caution: Spoilers Ahead]

The Box

• Rotten Tomatoes: 44% (155 critics) | 24% (359,082 user ratings)
• Metacritic: 47 (24 critics) | 2.8/10 (228 user ratings)
• IMDb: 5.6/10 (87,215 ratings)
• Letterboxd: 2.5/5 (13,211 ratings)
• CinemaScore: F

Richard Kelly’s The Box is in the rarefied arena of Continue reading Did Audiences Get The Box (2009) Wrong? — Diamonds in the Rough →