People Are Sharing The Movie Couples They Thought Had Absolutely Zero Chemistry, And I'm Curious If You Agree

Reddit user Active_Cheesecake897 recently asked the r/moviecritic subreddit, "What couple in a movie had no chemistry at all?" Fellow Redditors wasted no time sharing their two cents, but I'm curious if you agree with their opinions. Let's get into it:

1. "Paul and Irulan had more chemistry in five seconds of stares than Paul and Chani in two Dune movies. In the first one, she calls him short and tells him Jamis will kill him. At one point, I wanted Paul to mock her, ask her to fight him next, and never question his fighting skills again."

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2. "Harry and Ginny in the Harry Potter series."

3. "Hermione and Ron were just as bad, I think. They so clearly had sibling/best friend energy (which is also a function of the years-long filming schedule, so all the actors were practically family by that point), and it felt really off when they kissed."

4. "Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl. I saw it last night and there was no chemistry there on any level. Not romantically (which I concede may have been part of the point), but more crucially, not sexually."

5. "Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp in the new Nosferatu movie."

6. "Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades of Grey."

7. "Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man/Marvel movies have negative chemistry if you ask me."

8. "Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in Twisters."

9. "Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan. I mean, what was that?"

10. "Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal. They're both really funny, but they somehow didn't spark on screen as anything beyond frenemies."

11. "Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World."

12. Referring to The Fast and The Furious franchise: "Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. The worst and most forced chemistry ever. And they have done it for about 20 movies. It's only gotten worse."

13. "Will Smith and Eva Mendes in Hitch. Kevin James had more chemistry with Will Smith."

14. "Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel in Yes Man both looked like they wished it had been someone else."

15. "Timothée Chalamet and Florence Pugh in Little Women."

16. "Zendaya and Zac Efron in The Greatest Showman. Their love story was so forced and brought nothing to the movie."

17. "Bella and Jacob in the Twilight franchise."

18. "Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games franchise. They both gave great performances individually, but they had such big sister/little brother vibes for me, which was why I didn't like Katniss ending up with Peeta."

19. "Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman were like two wooden planks being forced to kiss each other in Star Wars."

20. "Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger in Jerry Maguire. I just did not believe he loved her at the end."

21. "Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers."

22. "Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in Water for Elephants."

23. "Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron in A Million Ways to Die in the West."

24. "Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Thor. It never really felt like they had much."

25. "Annabelle Wallis and Tom Cruise in The Mummy (2017). That movie had very few redeeming qualities, but the chemistry between those two still stood out as bad."

26. "Nicholas Hoult and Zoey Deutch in Juror #2. It was so awful, it took me out of the film. It's like they just met on set for the first time two minutes before they shot their scenes. Didn't believe for one second that they were a married couple."

27. "Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill."

28. "Jonah Hill and Lauren London in You People."

29. "Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Nothing to see there."

30. "Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly in Top Gun: Maverick."

31. "Controversial opinion, but Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable had zero chemistry in Gone with the Wind."

32. "Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell in You’re Cordially Invited. Nope."

33. "Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Speed, which is otherwise a fun movie!"

34. "Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth in Bridget Jones's Diary."

35. "Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County. He was supposed to be a sophisticated international photographer, but Eastwood completely miscast himself in the lead role. Someone like Sam Neil would have been a much more believable choice."

36. "Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson in Marry Me."

37. And: "Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell in Elf."

Are there any other movie couples you thought had no chemistry? Why? Tell us in the comments!

Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.