{"id":895298,"date":"2026-04-15T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895298\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:34:17","slug":"jon-hamm-named-the-worst-film-ever-that-he-keeps-rewatching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895298\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Hamm named the worst film ever that he keeps rewatching"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still)<\/p>\n

Wed 15 April 2026 3:00, UK <\/p>\n

Jon Hamm<\/a> is a great actor, but he\u2019s also become a burgeoning film critic.<\/p>\n

The transition between being a television actor and a movie star used to be quite challenging, given that there used to be much less crossover between the media. Audiences would get so used to seeing a particular actor on the small screen that they would feel less inclined to pay to see them in a movie theatre, even if they had been a fan of their work.<\/p>\n

One man who pulled off that challenging endeavour is Hamm, who became synonymous with his all-time great performance as Don Draper on Mad Men<\/a>, a show that most critics would agree is one of the best ever. Instead of taking a traditional approach to his film career in which he vied for leading man parts, he has transformed into a bit of a character actor, showing that he can do more than just emulate Draper\u2019s charisma.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a trajectory that has proven to be successful, as Hamm has managed to work with legends like Clint Eastwood,<\/a> yet also earn scene-stealing villain roles in hits like The Town and Baby Driver, and given how popular he has become among brilliant directors, he has also begun to show how knowledgeable he is about cinematic history.<\/p>\n

When asked about what films he had seen the most in his life, Hamm was quick to name Die Hard, the 1988 action classic that turned Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman into household names. It is worth rewatching because of how it set a template for the action genre going forward, but the actor said he\u2019s seen it many times because it\u2019s a tradition to watch during the winter season, playing into the contentious debate on whether Die Hard is or isn\u2019t a Christmas film<\/a>, where Hamm seems to indicate that he thinks that it qualifies.<\/p>\n

The other Christmas film that he watches every year with his family isn\u2019t necessarily a classic of the calibre of Die Hard, and it\u2019s not even one that he considers to be very good, as he qualified it \u201ca weird choice\u201d while naming<\/a> The Family Stone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find that movie fascinating,\u201d he said, \u201cI think it\u2019s an inexplicably weird movie. It\u2019s got a rock-solid, jam-packed, stacked cast, but every time I watch it, I think, \u2018this might be the worst movie I\u2019ve ever seen in my life\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamm isn\u2019t wrong; The Family Stone is a very unusual film that seems like a total disaster, yet somehow has become a yearly viewing ritual for many families celebrating Christmas. The film is about a young man played by Dermot Mulroney, who takes his obnoxious fianc\u00e9e, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, home with him during the holidays, only to fall in love with her sister, portrayed by Claire Danes, while, ironically, his fianc\u00e9e ends up falling for his brother, played by Luke Wilson.<\/p>\n

As nonsensical as The Family Stone is, it has grown in resonance within the past year due to the passing of Diane Keaton, who played Mulroney\u2019s character\u2019s mother, where a major storyline in the film focuses on her character dying as a result of an illness, and getting to spend a holiday with her family one last time. This year will be the first Christmas since Keaton\u2019s death, and The Family Stone might have now become a genuine weepie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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