There is no flop movie ever made that someone somewhere thinks is wonderful. I've even got a few. I was at the premiere of Doctor Dolittle and when a premiere loses a third of the audience during the movie, something is wrong somewhere.
Gee, Dick, because I, gee, guess I liked seeing roadshow movies, Dick, even the ones I didn't really care for, Dick. Does that help you? I even saw the awful Doctor Dolittle twice, I even saw the uneven The Great Race three times.
Well, I saw it three times during its original release and it didn't really hold the attention and I pretty much loved all movies back then. But this one was a slog and its few moments of humor that was actually funny, were few and far between. Good cast. Bad script. Good direction. Bad script.