Don't Worry Darling BLASTED by critics: Olivia Wilde 'superciliously pinches ideas from other films'

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 The film has been the center of controversy including a rumored rift between director Olivia Wilde and leading actress Florence Pugh, a shake-up in the lead actor role involving Shia LaBeouf, and even Wilde famously being served custody papers while onstage promoting the film in front of an audience.And though the saying goes 'if it matters it produces controversy,' it doesn't seem to have worked in this instance.The early reviews for Don't Worry Darling are in after the premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday and the majority of them have been negative.Many of the critics blasted filmmaker Wilde, 38, for lack of originality and a rather predictable plot as many felt like her 28-year-old boyfriend was out of his depth in regards to his performance with some pointing out his accent.

Ouch: The early reviews for Don't Worry Darling starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles are in after the premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday and the majority of them have been negativeHowever it is not all bad as Florence, 26, was praised for her 'superb' performance.Currently Don't Worry Darling has a very unimpressive 'metascore' of 48 based on 15 reviews on review aggregate site MetaCritic.

Perhaps the most scathing review came from Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian who wrote:  'Directed by Olivia Wilde, it superciliously pinches ideas from other films without quite understanding how and why they worked in the first place.  'It spoils its own ending simply by unveiling it, and in so doing shows that serious script work needed to be done on filling in the plot-holes and problems in a fantastically silly twist-reveal.'Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times had similar sentiments writing: 'Directed by Olivia Wilde and written by.