ast on ish ingly ▁cr ass ". ▁▁ ▁Several ▁review ers ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁ir ony ▁of ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Bl atter ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁an ▁anti - cor ruption ▁campaign er . ▁S ara ▁Stewart ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Post ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" h il ari ously ▁ill - tim ed ", ▁while ▁Paul ▁Field ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Mir ror ▁said ▁that ▁this ▁created ▁" un intent ional ▁comedy ▁gold ". ▁▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁London ▁Even ing ▁Standard , ▁Des ▁Kelly ▁described ▁United ▁Pass ions ▁as ▁" the ▁worst ▁movie ▁ever ▁made " ▁and ▁" the ▁most ▁extraordinary ▁van ity ▁exercise ; ▁a ▁v ile , ▁self - ag grand izing , ▁sugar - co ated ▁p ile ▁of ▁man ure ▁where ▁Bl atter ▁and ▁Co . ▁manage ▁to ▁make ▁North ▁Korea ' s ▁Kim ▁J ong - un ▁look ▁self - eff acing ". ▁▁ ▁Daniel ▁M . ▁Gold ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁claimed ▁United ▁Pass ions ▁is ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁un watch able ▁films ▁in ▁recent ▁memory , ▁a ▁d ish on est ▁bit ▁of ▁corpor ate - suite ▁san it izing ▁that ' s ▁no ▁good ▁even ▁for ▁laugh s ". ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁interview , ▁Gold ▁claimed ▁it ▁would ▁make ▁the ▁top ▁three ▁of ▁his ▁list ▁of ▁all - time ▁bad ▁films . ▁ ▁" Acc ol ades " ▁United ▁Pass ions ▁received ▁the ▁Barry ▁L . ▁B um st ead ▁Award ▁during ▁the ▁ 3 6 th ▁Golden ▁R