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Tom Hanks' worst film ever branded 'lifeless' as his all time top 10 ranked
Tom Hanks has been in some of the most beloved films over the years, from Toy Story to Saving Private Ryan, but he has also appeared in a film that only has 15% on Rotten Tomatoes Hollywood legend Tom Hanks has starred in some of the biggest hits since the 80s. Now, his films have been ranked in order of their popularity by Rotten Tomatoes, using real-life reviews to create an overall score. While many of Hanks' movies have received high praise, one film that has come out as the least popular among fans is 1990's The Bonfire of the Vanities, with a lowly 15% score. Starring Hanks, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, and Melanie Griffith, viewers might expect the comedy to be a hit. However, despite its A-list cast, the film has been panned by fans online as "lifeless satire". On Rotten Tomatoes, one viewer wrote: "Bloated, facile, mostly lifeless satire that takes forever to get going and doesn't have much to say once it gets there. Actors are either miscast (Hanks), misused (Willis), or shamelessly cartoonish (Griffith)." Another critic stated: "Even with an all-star line-up, the stars couldn't hold up this movie from eventually sinking. The satire was good, but the comedy was hit and mostly miss." Early in his career, the film was marred by controversy and underperformed at the box office, despite being based on Tom Wolfe's popular novel of the same name, reports the Irish Star. Despite its A-list cast, the film failed to attract viewers and grossed only $15.6 million upon its 1990 release, falling short of its $47 million budget. In contrast, Hanks' highest-rated film, with a perfect 100% score, is Disney Pixar's Toy Story 2. Released in 1999, this beloved animated children's film has become deeply ingrained in popular culture, featuring one of Hanks' most iconic roles - albeit one that doesn't show his face. As the voice of Woody, a toy cowboy brought to life, Hanks has become synonymous with the feel-good franchise, appearing in all four instalments, which comprise his top four rated films. Such is the enduring popularity of Toy Story that even the fourth film boasts an impressive 96% rating. Beyond his animated voice work, Hanks' highest-rated live-action film, ranking fifth overall, is the 1988 comedy Big, where he plays a teenager who wakes up to find himself an adult overnight. Critics attribute the film's success to Hanks' "brilliant performance", citing his ability to capture both childhood innocence and the challenges of navigating the adult world. The review concludes: "Unique, fun and charming, there is a lot to love about Big." At the sixth spot is a 2002 addition, Catch Me If You Can, followed by Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood at eighth place, with Captain Phillips coming in ninth. Just scraping into the top ten, with an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%, is the highly acclaimed Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan, still regarded by many as one of the finest war films ever made. Tom Hanks' Top 10 films as rated by Rotten Tomatoes Toy Story 2 (1999) Toy Story (1995) Toy Story 3 (2010) Toy Story 4 (2019) Big (1988) Catch Me if You Can (2002) Apollo 13 (1995) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Captain Phillips (2013) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
San Francisco Chronicle
17-06-2025
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Tom Hanks praises daughter for writing about ‘checkered' past in viral memoir
Tom Hanks opened up about his daughter E.A. Hanks' viral memoir during the red carpet premiere of his new film, 'The Phoenician Scheme,' commending her for her candor in exploring the darker parts of her childhood. 'I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity ... to examine this thing that I think she was incredibly honest about,' the Bay Area native said during an interview with Access Hollywood on Wednesday, May 28. 'We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us.' ' The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road ' was released in April and revisits parts of E.A.'s childhood with Tom and her mother, Susan Dillingham. Hanks split from Dillingham in 1985 after five years of marriage. She died of lung cancer in 2002. E.A., short for Elizabeth Anne, details the impact the split had on her and her brother Colin Hanks in the book. Both were primarily in the custody of their mother while she was dealing with mental health and addiction struggles. Her father took primary custody when she was 14 years old, after the 'emotional violence became physical violence.' In the book, E.A. writes about her father's childhood trauma and her mother's emotional volatility, suspecting that her mother may have suffered from bipolar disorder. Reflecting on E.A.'s work, the East Bay native praised his daughter as a 'bold, journalistic, literate mind' who is aware of her privilege of nepotism and 'leans into absolutely everything of it.' 'She's a knockout, always has been,' he told Access Hollywood of E.A., praising the bravery it took to share her story. 'If you've had kids, you realize that you see who they are when they're about 6 weeks old, their personality is on display right there, their temper, the way they see the world is demonstrated in their body language and on their face.' Hanks stars in the upcoming Wes Anderson film, ' The Phoenician Scheme,' due out on Friday, June 6. The movie also features Mia Threapleton, daughter of actor Kate Winslet and director Jim Threapleton; Benicio Del Toro; Scarlett Johansson; and Michael Cera. Though he was out to celebrate its release on Wednesday, Hanks couldn't help but gush about his children. In addition to E.A., he also praised his youngest son with current wife Rita Wilson, Truman Hanks, for his hard work preparing for a small role in the film.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Hanks Is 'Not Surprised' About His Daughter's Memoir That Alleges Her Mom Samantha Lewes Was Emotionally and Physically Abusive
Tom Hanks is speaking out for the first time following the release of his daughter E.A. Hanks' memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, which alleges that her mom was emotionally and physically abusive "I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity to examine this thing," he explained to Access Hollywood recently E.A. Hanks' memoir was released on April 8 and examines her childhoodTom Hanks is sharing how he really feels about his daughter E.A. Hanks' memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road — and the claims it brings forth that her mom, actress Samantha Lewes, was emotionally and physically abusive. The Forrest Gump star, 68, addressed the abuse allegations E.A.'s book — which was published April 8 — during a conversation with Access Hollywood on Wednesday, May 26, at the red carpet premiere of his new film, The Phoenician Scheme. 'I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity to examine this thing that I think she was incredibly honest about,' Hanks told the outlet. 'We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us.' 'She's a knockout, always has been,' he continued. 'If you've had kids, you realize that you see who they are when they're about 6 weeks old.' In the memoir, E.A., whose real name is Elizabeth Anne, details experiencing "emotional violence" and "physical violence" from her mother, whose real name Susan Dillingham, after her parents' divorce. Hanks and Dillingham tied the knot in January 1978, and their divorce was finalized in 1987. Dillingham got primary custody, and the kids had designated weekend and summer visits with Hanks. "I would visit my dad and stepmother (and soon enough my younger half brothers) on the weekends and during summers, but from 5 to 14, years filled with confusion, violence, deprivation, and love," E.A., 43, wrote in an excerpt previously obtained by PEOPLE. She added, "As the years went on, the backyard became so full of dog s--- that you couldn't walk around it, the house stank of smoke. The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not, and my mother spent more and more time in her big four-poster bed, poring over the Bible." E.A. said she moved to Los Angeles after her mother's alleged abuse took a turn for the worse. "One night, her emotional violence became physical violence, and in the aftermath I moved to Los Angeles, right smack in the middle of the seventh grade. My custody arrangement basically switched — now I lived in L.A. and visited Sacramento on the weekends and in the summer." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. She said during her senior year of high school, her mother called to tell her she was dying. Though her mother was never diagnosed, E.A. believes Dillingham was bipolar with episodes of extreme paranoia and delusion. Hanks' latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, centers around a wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda (played by Benicio Del Toro), who "appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins,' per IMDb. Hanks plays Korda's business associate, Leland. The film also stars Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and more. It was released in limited theaters on May 30 and will see a wide release June 6. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Was Tom Hanks' First Wife? All About Samantha Lewes, Who Welcomed 2 Children with the Actor
Tom Hanks, who is now married to Rita Wilson, wed Samantha Lewes in 1978 The Forrest Gump actor and Lewes welcomed two kids before they finalized their divorce in 1987 Their daughter, E.A., claimed in her 2025 memoir that Lewes was abusiveBefore Tom Hanks' love story with Rita Wilson began, he was married to his first wife, Samantha Lewes. The former couple wed in 1978 and welcomed two children together, daughter E.A. and son Colin, before finalizing their divorce in 1987. Lewes eventually died in 2002, and years later, E.A. claimed in her 2025 memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, that her late mother (whose real name was Susan Dillingham) was emotionally and physically abusive. In May 2025, the Forrest Gump star addressed the allegations made by his daughter during an interview with Access Hollywood. 'I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity to examine this thing that I think she was incredibly honest about,' Hanks said. 'We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us.' So who was Tom Hanks' first wife? Here's everything to know about Samantha Lewes and her relationship with the actor. Like Hanks, Lewes was also an actress. She appeared in a 1981 episode of Hanks' ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies, as well as 1984's Mr. Success. Off-screen, she enjoyed Shakespeare and poetry, according to E.A.'s memoir. The former couple met and fell in love while they were both students at California State University, Sacramento in the mid '70s. During a 1994 conversation with Interview Magazine, Hanks opened up about his path to the school, saying it was the "only institute of higher education that I could get into where you could do plays." "I stage-managed shows, was a carpenter for shows and acted in them," he said. "Also I started hanging out in a place attached to the theater called the Green Room in Sacramento, where everybody had an entrance, everybody was a star. It was a great mix of people." After sparking a romance in college, Hanks and Lewes wed in January 1978. However, they went their separate ways in 1985, finalizing their divorce two years later in 1987. Hanks began dating Wilson in 1986. The pair then got married in April 1988, going on to celebrate their 37th wedding anniversary in April 2025. Hanks, who is a father of four, welcomed two children with Lewes: son Colin and daughter E.A., whose real name is Elizabeth Anne. Colin was born on Nov. 24, 1977, and has gone on to follow in his parents' footsteps as an actor. Meanwhile, Elizabeth, born on May 17, 1982, appeared as an extra in Forrest Gump and That Thing You Do! alongside her dad before going on to become a writer under the name E.A. After Hanks and Lewes divorced, Lewes got primary custody of E.A. and Colin. While at first Hanks had designated weekend and summer visits with his children, Lewes suddenly moved them from Los Angeles to Sacramento, Calif., without notice. 'My dad came to pick us up from school and we're not there,' E.A. wrote in her memoir. 'And it turns out we haven't been there for two weeks and he has to track us down." Hanks later welcomed Chester "Chet" Marlon and Truman Theodore with Wilson. In 2002, Lewes died from lung cancer at age 49. Before her death, she was allegedly a troubled woman who struggled with mental illness and addiction. In her memoir, E.A. claims this might have stemmed from Lewes potentially witnessing her own father "rape, murder and cannibalize" a young girl, after E.A. read about the alleged incident in one of her late mother's journals. 'If any part of the red journal is true, where I read about my grandfather raping and murdering, then my mother never stood a chance," E.A. wrote, later sharing that she never was able to "prove conclusively what he did or didn't do." After Lewes relocated with her children to Sacramento, E.A. says her mental health began to decline. Although she was never formally diagnosed, E.A. believes Lewes may have experienced bipolar disorder, marked by episodes of extreme paranoia and delusions, which became more frequent as time went on. 'The screaming was scarier,' she recalled. 'The food was more inconsistent. The degree to which she would pray and speak to God out loud — she used to be able to keep it together in public. That went very quickly.' In her memoir, E.A. shared that her childhood was marked with "confusion, violence, deprivation, and love," revealing that her mother's emotional abuse turned physical. When she was 14, E.A. was struck in the face by Lewes, leading Hanks to eventually gain primary custody of her. Moving forward, E.A. spent time with Lewes during summer visits. Ahead of the memoir's release, E.A. told PEOPLE that she leaned on her brother Colin for support during some of the difficult times with her mother. 'There's this galvanizing incident between my mother and I that was like a line had been crossed in a way that not even I could cover for her anymore,' E.A. recalled. 'And in the glaring reality of who she was and how bad the situation was getting, the only person I could turn to was the only other veteran of that war, which was Colin." If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article on People
USA Today
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Tom Hanks speaks out on daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir of mom's alleged abuse
Tom Hanks speaks out on daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir of mom's alleged abuse Show Caption Hide Caption Tom Hanks' daughter reveals childhood of 'violence' and 'deprivation' Elizabeth Ann Hanks opened up about her turbulent early years which she says were filled with "violence" and "deprivation" in her upcoming book, The 10: A Memoir of Family and The Open Road. Cover Media Tom Hanks is opening up publicly about his daughter's book. The "You've Got Mail" actor said daughter E.A. Hanks' memoir is "a pride" because she's been "very open" about it. In "The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road," she looks back on her childhood and parents' divorce, alleging abuse perpetrated by her late mother (and Hanks' first wife), Susan Dillingham. "She's a knockout, always has been," Hanks told Access Hollywood on the red carpet premiere of "The Phoenician Scheme." The younger Hanks' memoir is wide-ranging, both a quest to understand her mother and a cross-country road trip. She writes about her time living in a van on her journey, political and sociological issues in the U.S. and the regional differences in the people she meets along the way. Hanks also tries to parse between fact and fiction in her family history, including a story about her maternal grandfather's possible connection to a murder. Tom Hanks proud of daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir The "Forrest Gump" actor called his daughter a "bold, journalistic, literate mind," something he's known since she was young. "If you've had kids, you realize that you see who they are when they're about six weeks old," Hanks said. He continued: "I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity, as well as, I'm going to say, perhaps, the shoot-herself-in-the-foot kind of wherewithal in order to examine this thing that I think she was very honest about. We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us." Hanks and Dillingham, who acted under the name Samantha Lewes, divorced in 1987 after nine years of marriage. Together, they shared E.A. (born Elizabeth Anne) and Colin Hanks. He married actress Rita Wilson the following year. Dillingham died of lung cancer in 2002 at age 49 and had struggled with mental illness and addiction. Though her mother was never diagnosed, Hanks believes she was bipolar, she told People in an interview. Her father gained primary custody in her early teen years, following a childhood living with her mother filled with "emotional" and "physical violence." "As the years went on, the backyard became so full of dog (expletive) that you couldn't walk around it, the house stank of smoke. The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not, and my mother spent more and more time in her big four-poster bed, poring over the Bible," Hanks writes. "One night, her emotional violence became physical violence, and in the aftermath I moved to Los Angeles, right smack in the middle of the seventh grade." Hanks told People she was afraid to tell her dad how bad the situation became, calling herself a "protector" of her mom's secrets. Now Tom, a novelist and writer in his own right, is supportive of her memoir, she says: "I'm equally my father's daughter because he taught me to tell the truth and move forward."
