I ’ll never look at the numeral 23 the same way again .

With all the moving pieces, it’s extremely hard to get a movie made. It’s even harder to get new, daring ideas greenlit. So when a film with…a questionable premise…hits theaters, it’s hard to believe it was able to jump through all the hoops of Hollywood to see the light of day.

Here are 21 films from the 2000s that have borderline laughable premises:

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1.Return to Me

2.The Human Centipede

3.The Happening

4.Hancock

5.White Chicks

6.Norbit

7.The Love Guru

8.From Justin to Kelly

9.Shallow Hal

10.I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

11.I Know Who Killed Me

12.Phone Booth

13.Snakes on a Plane

14.Teeth

15.Bubba Ho-Tep

16.The Number 23

17.Dude, Where’s My Car?

18.Freddy Got Fingered

19.Battlefield Earth

What are some movies from the 2000s that you don’t think would make it today? Let me know in the comment section below!

Close-up of a movie script page showing dialogue between an officer and a man in black, with stage directions marking a night scene in a warehouse

A person with dark curly hair looks up with a smile as an outstretched hand appears from the right side of the frame in a garden setting

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A person is pointing at a diagram showing a drawing of three human figures connected in a sequence, projected on a screen

Mark Wahlberg in an intense scene from a movie, looking concerned with a scenic outdoor background

Will Smith wearing sunglasses and a beanie, standing outdoors in an urban setting

White Chicks characters, portrayed by Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans, dressed in casual women's clothing with long blonde wigs, standing outside a building

Loretta Devine and David Alan Grier are sitting in a car with leopard-print seat covers, appearing worried or startled

Mike Myers, in a scene from "The Love Guru"

Scene from a pool party in the movie "From Justin to Kelly"

Gwyneth Paltrow holds pink underwear, looking surprised, in a scene from "Shallow Hal"

Kevin James in a black tuxedo and Adam Sandler in a white tuxedo stand in a decorated wedding venue scene from "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry"

Lindsay Lohan lying in a hospital bed in a medical setting, wearing a hospital gown with medical equipment visible in the background

Colin Farrell in a tense scene, speaking into a phone booth

Samuel L. Jackson points a gun while looking intensely in a scene likely from a movie

Joey King looking worried while lying on what seems like a medical examination table

Elvis with gray hair and large glasses is lying in bed with his eyes closed

Jim Carrey, wearing a beige security guard uniform with a patch on the sleeve, appears surprised in a dimly lit industrial setting

Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott in a scene from the movie "Dude, Where’s My Car"

Tom Green in a still from a movie, looking forward with a neutral expression. He has short hair and a goatee

John Travolta in character with long dreadlocks and stern expression from the movie "Battlefield Earth"