1997: The Postman
Unfortunately, The Postman was well ahead of his time. The film featured Kevin Costner in the post-apocalyptic USA as a nomad struggling to live. In “the near-future year of 2013,” the film was branded as a “neo-west.” The film made a peculiarly small worldwide amount of $17 million relative to the estimate of $80 million. Even the critics knew nothing about it and called the film “goofy and pretentious.”
1996: Striptease
Striptease may have been a perfect film that mixes ethnic and dramatic moments, but the mix couldn’t be identified correctly. Demi Moore portrays a stripper in jail and then is part of a cynical government environment. The reviewers claimed the nudity wasn’t appealing, the suspense was not enough to concentrate on, and the storyline wasn’t even interesting. In years at least, they also claimed it’s one of the best roles for Burt Reynolds.