Criticism
As of 2009, Michael Bay's worldwide box office totals make him the director with the eighth highest domestic US gross of all time (not adjusted for inflation). Despite his box office success, he has found little critical praise, and has often been parodied and/or labeled as the worst working director. He has consistently topped or appeared in Worst Directors lists by users on Internet Movie Database (IMDB). The animated spoof Team America: World Police (2004) includes a song parody in which Bay is referred to as a bad director. In response to the criticism, Bay has said: "I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime."
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