The phrase
"rotten tomatoes" is a metaphorical expression commonly used to indicate that something, like a movie or a book, is really bad or of terrible quality. It suggests that the item being referred to is as unpleasant as a rotten tomato, which is spoiled and unenjoyable to consume.
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First of all, the preacher should have been locked in the stocks and made to suffer people
throwing rotten tomatoes at his face as public embarrassment for his stupidity alone.
With nearly 800 feature films released in the US each year, it's no wonder that moviegoers rely more than ever on movie review
site Rotten Tomatoes for guidance.
However, Black Panther was holding strong at 100 percent on
Rotten Tomatoes for several weeks before slipping slightly down to 98 percent as the premiere date approached.
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Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Alain Guiraudie Screenwriter: Alain Guiraudie Cast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 1/14/14 Opens: January 24, 2014
With a budget just over $ 15 million, the film registered a B - from audience polling firm CinemaScore and a 63 % «fresh» rating
from Rotten Tomatoes critics.
It Rated R for violence / horror, bloody images and for
language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86 % The horror phenomenon from Stephen King finally gets its big screen debut, 31 years after its initial book release, and the timing couldn't be more perfect.
Reviews for Solo: A Star Wars Story have been a little tepid (70 percent fresh on
Rotten Tomatoes as of Thursday) but critics have been impressed by how little evidence there is of the film's schizophrenic production.
The film certainly has momentum, critically, going into its theatrical run, garnering positive first - look reactions and being certified fresh
by Rotten Tomatoes with 84 percent «fresh» rating by movie review aggregator.
We adapted this ranking from our list of the worst sequels of all time, selecting the films that had a vast discrepancy
in Rotten Tomatoes critic scores between their terrible sequels and great originals.
It currently has an 83 percent rating
at Rotten Tomatoes based on 234 reviews, which is the same rating Deadpool has with 306 reviews.
After a few trolls attempted to take credit for the low
Rotten Tomatoes audience score for «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» on Wednesday, an alt - right group is now claiming responsibility.
Mike and Dave need Wedding Dates Rated R for crude sexual content, language throughout, drug use and some graphic
nudity Rotten Tomatoes Score: 36 % Two brothers (Adam Devine and Zac Efron) put up an online ad to get wedding dates for their sister's wedding in Hawaii and two uncontrollable girls (Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza) try to manipulate their way into the free trip.
The clear, thin side - snapped keepcase is topped by a creative lenticular slipcover (whose
Rotten Tomatoes certified fresh sticker gladly comes right off) that moves Philippe along the wire.
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Rotten Tomatoes gives «Mother's Day» an 8 % liking rating, and most critics have extremely bashed this film.
Some 2017 blockbusters seem to have been sensitive to
negative Rotten Tomatoes scores, like the recent bust of King Arthur, and some smaller films have been buoyed by strong numbers, like Baby Driver; meanwhile, The Emoji Movie had a strong opening despite awful reviews, and Detroit struggled despite great reviews.
On Monday, though, Lady Bird set a new
Rotten Tomatoes record: With 170 positive reviews (and counting), Lady Bird is now the most - reviewed film to hold a 100 percent rating on the site.
(I know there are valid arguments against
using Rotten Tomatoes ratings to judge a film, but it's a good way to gauge overall critical consensus and I haven't seen all of these movies.)
I'm interested to see that so far, Brave has the
lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any Pixar movie except Cars 2.
X-Men: Apocalypse Rated PG - 13 for sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief strong language and some suggestive
images Rotten Tomatoes Score: 48 % While the X-Men First Class trilogy had been moving along nicely, director Bryan Singer made a humongous error with this final chapter, posing Oscar Isaac as the all - powerful Apocalypse, a seemingly immortal villain capable of doing pretty much anything.
They did, if you believe the critics, who have the documentary directed by Asif Kapadia and edited by Chris King at 100 percent positive on
Rotten Tomatoes after 42 reviews.
As always, I got ahead of myself and checked the status of the upcoming movie on
Rotten Tomatoes before going in and what I saw really shocked me.
However, that's still pretty good, and
while Rotten Tomatoes isn't the only indicator of a film's quality or appeal, it's testament to the film and to Gerwig that her first film as a director has already been so widely adored.
The Good Dinosaur has a
current Rotten Tomato rating of 77 %, compared to the 86 % of Peanuts and the 98 % of Inside Out.
The film boasts an impressive 93 percent on
Rotten Tomatoes so far and a favorable 71 Metacritic score.
e a thing or two about Bot Accounts, I used them to create this audience score through Facebook accounts created that subsequently logged
into Rotten Tomatoes who rigged this score and still keep it dropping.»
The Last King Rated R for violence and a scene of
sexuality Rotten Tomatoes Score: 67 % Game of Thrones actor and Wyndham Hotels spokesman Kristofer Hivju stars in this Norwegian true story about a team of soldiers who, in 1206, try to save a baby from being assassinated when it is discovered that the child is the heir to the throne of the recently killed king.
After the trolls attempted to take credit for the low audience score,
Rotten Tomatoes told TheWrap that the score was authentic.
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think Rotten Tomatoes for books), featuring BlueInk's reviews alongside those from The New York Times and NPR.
She was named Best Director by the National Board of Review, and Lady Bird
became Rotten Tomatoes» best - reviewed film of 2017.
Its aggregated percentage scores of positive and negative reviews might play some part in a consumer's decision to buy a movie ticket, but they're just a reflection of the critical industry itself, even if, as Scorsese said, «the actual
name Rotten Tomatoes is insulting.»
The movie currently boasts the
highest Rotten Tomatoes critical score for a video game adaptation with 50 %, but US audiences haven't embraced it as widely as international markets.