Game reviews can be hit or miss, just like games themselves; you always have to take them at face value.
Some great historical ones are Swamp Buggy Racing and eXtreme Paintbrawl. Two epic reviews from PCGamer, Mike and I have laughed about them for years. Definately titles to avoid.
A recent review about a bad game I read was for M&M's Kart Racing. This unabashed marketing exercise is just hysterical. I bothered to watch a video for it that includes some of the terrible camera work and audio. It's just face-palm bad.