10 Ridiculous Movie Posters That Are The Definition Of Photoshop Fails

As the audience’s first visual impression to bring attention to the upcoming feature, posters are essential for any movie. As the promotional images for any movie's materials, a lot of work goes into making their posters visually appealing yet impressive to the audience.
A poster describes the movie in one image in order. Without a poster, studios must rely exclusively on words, which can quickly become dull and forgettable.
As promotional materials, these posters are going on the Internet, in theaters, and even on massive billboards. For millions to see. That’s why graphic designers often go the extra mile to make these posters look as flawless as possible.
And sometimes, they go very extra.
… which results in some very facepalming movie posters.
In cinema’s history, there are many movie posters that have become humorous classics, solely due to how badly they were Photoshopped. So let’s take a look at these 10 infamous movie posters and see just how they hilariously fail.

#1 Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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The poster for Spider-Man 2 is a classic Photoshop fail. At first look, Kirsten Dunst is shown with her hand on Spider Man's shoulder. The positioning of her hand, however, is the stuff of anatomical horror! The length and shape of her arm here make it look like rubber. Her thumb also appears unnatural.

#2 Pretty Woman (1990)

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The poster for Pretty Woman actually does not reveal that Richard Gere’s character has dark grey hair throughout the film. Instead, Gere’s hair was significantly darkened in the poster, to the point that actually merges with Julia Robert’s hair.

#3 Sex and the City 2 (2010)

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The Sex and the City 2 poster has a lot of awkward Photoshop fails. Take a look at Kim Cattrall's bizarrely elongated elbow, making her look more like Sharon Stone than Samantha. Sarah Jessica Parker's upper arms are also disproportionately slimmer than her forearms.

#4 Titanic (2023)

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The iconic Titanic returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary and is announced with an extremely elegant-looking poster. That is until you give it a closer look! In the poster, Kate Winslet appears to have two very different hairstyles on each side of her head. Can we have the name of her hair stylist, please?

#5 Blonde and Blonder (2008)

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The Photoshop job on the poster is so blatantly poor: Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards' heads were obviously put on other bodies that their heads look way bigger than their doubles’ bodies. Yikes!

#6 The Bounty Hunter (2010)

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Jennifer Aniston's head looks to be disproportionately large in comparison to Gerard Butler's head. Second, Gerard Butler's pose on the poster, which shows him sitting on Jennifer Aniston's buttocks, just looks… wrong.

#7 The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

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The poster for The Legend of Tarzan is not without fails. One of the apes on the right seems out of place, with a different expression than the other apes on the poster, who appear angry and aggressive. This unfortunate monkey appears to be oh so confused. Just like us when we spot him.

#8 The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

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On the billboard for The Whole Ten Yards, the central character's hands appear out of proportion to their face. Furthermore, Bruce Willis' face seemingly matches the body in the poster, but the legs are just too thin to belong to Willis.

#9 Heavy Petting (2007)

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Brendan Hines looks to be kissing Malin Akerman on the cheek in the Heavy Petting poster. The dog in the photograph, however, is clearly not authentic and has been Photoshopped in. Just look at how awkward the dog is standing.

#10 Arrival (2016)

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.The Arrival poster is supposed to showcase Hong Kong’s spectacular landmarks. Minus a distinct pointed structure in the bottom right corner! This is the Oriental Pearl Tower, and there is nothing wrong with it except that it is located in Shanghai, 764 miles from Hong Kong.