12 Book-to-Movie Adaptations So Bad, the Authors Deserve Letters of Apology

Jules Verne's 1873 novel is a heart-pounding adventure of Phileas Fogg's attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a bet. The 1956 version starring David Niven and Shirley MacLaine earned high marks from critics, but the 2004 remark starring Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan did not. The Toronto Star's Malene Arpe had this to say: "Jules Verne is rotating in his grave worrying about his other works ripe for plucking from the public domain." Final score? 32 percent.