• RottenTomatoes

Overview

RottenTomatoes has a rating of 3.0 stars from 44 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. RottenTomatoes ranks 41st among Movie sites.

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  • If I'm in a look out to watch a movie or rent a dvd, this is the first site I will go to check on movie reviews.

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Top Positive Review

“Tango Shalom”

tamar g.
12/18/21

I loved this movie. It was heart warming, funny, and very nostalgic for me. I highly recommend this movie for an enjoyable, entertaining experience.

Top Critical Review

“Impossible to cancel or delete account, privacy issues”

Kiki D.
12/4/23

I signed up with my internet name and it used my real name! I could not change it and tried to delete my account, but found that you have to call an 800 number, wait a long time, and then call again, and again, and again. I can't think of another website that I have encountered since maybe 1998 that made me call to cancel my account. As far as the ratings go, it is widely known that the professional reviewers are mostly male and that they suppress reviews on a whim. Not recommended or reliable.

Reviews (44)

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Thumbnail of user kikid18
6 reviews
0 helpful votes
December 4th, 2023

I signed up with my internet name and it used my real name! I could not change it and tried to delete my account, but found that you have to call an 800 number, wait a long time, and then call again, and again, and again. I can't think of another website that I have encountered since maybe 1998 that made me call to cancel my account. As far as the ratings go, it is widely known that the professional reviewers are mostly male and that they suppress reviews on a whim. Not recommended or reliable.

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Thumbnail of user johnm10440
1 review
3 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2022

The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are frequently purged of negative reviews and favorable critic reviews are promoted. This is likely done because there is a motivation to avoid negative reviews due to financial considerations. In short, if they let you see that a movie has a ton of bad reviews, you are less likely to go see it and the movie doesn't make much money. There is little doubt that movie houses and studios pay RT to prop up inferior products for the sole pursuit of making money.

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Thumbnail of user vb118
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 28th, 2022

Try to leave a review for the Leftist Agenda Political "FILM" Immigration Nation - I dare you. It's a bunch of propaganda for the Democrats who want to destroy our entire country! I live in Texas and I can ASSURE YOU, that immigration is RUINING our cities, neighborhoods, and states with VIOLENT CRIMES - AGAINST CHILDREN! F YOU, Libs and F YOU Rotten Tomatoes!

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Thumbnail of user tamarg11
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 18th, 2021

I loved this movie. It was heart warming, funny, and very nostalgic for me. I highly recommend this movie for an enjoyable, entertaining experience.

Thumbnail of user richarda2248
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 30th, 2022

I cant login since months and the support does not help.
$#*! site, I will never use it anymore!

Tip for consumers:
Forget this site.

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Thumbnail of user donnam3809
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 22nd, 2023

In order to find some time for general relaxation or perhaps additional learning, I accepted the offer to watch films at my own request. And? The result is neutral. Each subsequent film had no final result. It was not interesting.

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Thumbnail of user alexv65
7 reviews
35 helpful votes
April 12th, 2018

I just won't watch a movie unless it has a solid rotten tomatoes review and rating. Popcorn ratings are good too but only when side by side. Nuff said!

Thumbnail of user billyd92
1 review
17 helpful votes
April 5th, 2020

Rotten Tomatoes "audience score" is now manipulated and artificially boosted to make bad movies look good. Unfortunately the never ending need for corporate profits killed what was once a useful resouce. Now all we have is IMDB and other other less slick options.

Thumbnail of user adaml281
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
June 26th, 2022

I use to think that this was a good site till it ruined an unbelievable movie that I would have rated atleast a b+ and this site gave it like 20%... Over the years I have leaned not to trust this site as the "Critics" apparently do not know what they are talking about. I have learned over time to look at the Google Reviews of the movie as it is real people that have watched the movie or show and either liked it or thought it was terrible.

Dont trust this site for your movies.

Thumbnail of user susanl2817
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
August 15th, 2022

Rotten tomatoes has constantly downgraded movies that are actually pretty good. I think it's their political views, they don't go by the average viewers thoughts about if they actually liked a movie

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Thumbnail of user franke498
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
April 9th, 2022

Nobody but nobody ever reads Rotten Tomatoes to find a good movie. Uplifting for the perversion and diminishing for entertainment is their group philosophy...

Thumbnail of user paulm4082
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 17th, 2022

Negative reviews of movies are frequently removed - despite their accuracy and depth, as this site is owned by the movie industry. For example, I wrote a few paragraphs about how I had a disdain for She-Hulk, pointing out its lack of humor and the countless continuity errors the show made. Couldn't find it as a regular user when I went out of my way to search for it.
That's why you never see reviews with more than 3 sentences on the site, because actual in-depth reviews that make the movie industry look bad in any way - with evidence behind their claims, as little as the violations cannot be allowed. Just the biggest haters, who you can label as salty biased fanboys of rival properties (why it's not purged) and the biggest fans are what you see of reviews.
Never do you see a review in the middle, there is always a big divide. "Babylon" (2022) has most of its reviews with the score in the middle, but the actual score summaries either paint it as the worst thing to ever hit theaters or an artistic masterpiece that only an absolute creative visionary could make. The same thing happened with "The Whale" and "The Apology" - the site is an absolute joke, even when most reviews are in the middle it somehow finds a way to showcase only the supposed catastrophes of a film or the grand victories in every review, with the tone seemingly switching to see as if everybody was watching a different movie.

Tip for consumers:
Just pick a few critics you trust on movies instead of using this site to inform yourself about the latest pieces of cinema, it's utterly useless.

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I used the site's review functionality and nothing else.

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Thumbnail of user jb1986
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 7th, 2021

Unless you click further, which few actually do, they do not show you the complete ratings. They only show you ratings of those who bought movie tickets in a certain fashion. In addition, it is thought that they artificially change ratings by removing ratings.

The expert reviews are very biased here compared to other sites like IMBD. It is quite often to see a movie get nearly full marks as an expert, but a rotten score from the users, and vice versa. This is almost always political, such as if it is a feminist movie (see reviews for Taking Down the House, versus Chapelle's Sticks and Stones).

Thumbnail of user larryt496
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2022

Ridley Scott must get a volume discount for hiring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The hiring of these two, trivializes the work. It is elementary, that the problem with well-known actors is that they cannot escape their established personas. Use of new or unfamiliar faces would have made the stilted, forced attempts to create accents more believable. Game of Thrones is a perfect example. When it appeals least is when a popular, well-known personality is given a role, i.e.Ed Sheehan. Following his masterpiece, Gladiator, the bar that he himself created is high and will forever challenge and haunt him—like many great artist who attempt to repeat past successes. The opening battle scenes—the thunderous sound of horses galloping, snow lightly falling, screams of the dying and the attackers, gray forest backdrop—all replays of Gladiator direction. Box office success is never guaranteed with historic films, even when produced by a master—especially in today's 5-minute-internet attention span. Ridley is the master of this genre, but the main characters in a foreign-based historic film, should, at the very least, have an accent (French, British, whatever) that does not remind one of an American high school Shakespeare production that went on way too long. However, Ridley remains the master.

Thumbnail of user cellaw
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 3rd, 2021

What I've notice when Rotten Tomatoes do reviews, they don't mention black women leads. Very biased.

Thumbnail of user lb780
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 5th, 2022

……………………………………………………………….:::.:.:... Felt like I was ordering a burger……….…………,.,,,,,,,,,,………………..

Thumbnail of user robertoi3
7 reviews
35 helpful votes
September 19th, 2018

Rotten Tomatoes might be fun for rating and reviewing movies and TV shows, but only the critics' opinions are actually listened to and not ignored. If you really want your opinion to matter, go to a different review site. It's an okay website.

Tip for consumers:
Go to IMDb or Metacritc if you're not happy with this instead.

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Thumbnail of user kekesto
1 review
16 helpful votes
March 9th, 2019

This website is bought and paid for by Disney. Ghostbusters 2016? Captain Marvel? The Last Jedi? These movies are actually rated far worse than RT would have you believe, but the website actively engages in manipulating and covering up reviews to get the best rating possible. As a result, Rotten Tomatoes is just an advertisement masquerading as a review site.

Thumbnail of user mattb190
7 reviews
70 helpful votes
August 8th, 2018

I'll be short, I just wanted to say that I hate rotten tomatoes (horror) movie review site which is composed by allegedly horror movie expert veterans, who for the most part have absolutely not a clue what good horror movie looks like, or a bad one for that matter. They have absolutely no credibility, zero zilch, nada when it comes to horror movie opinions. I can't even consider seriously anything they say. And so in the world of horror movies, they shouldn't even have a say. Nobody should listen to them, they are pure trash to avoid like the plague. Apart from a tiny few exceptions of reviewers whom I agree with, each time I read their review previews makes me want to punch the wall and grab my machete and go for a walk around Camp Crystal Lake searching for new blood... Ironically, they don't know it yet, but the rotten tomatoes are all waiting for them.

Tip for consumers:
Avoid this site and its so-called expert reviewers like the plague, maybe you too will find some horror movie gems, that you will be proud of and won't fall for the senseless hype these guys are putting out... Rotten Tomatoes when it comes to horror is pure BS.

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Thumbnail of user joshuab379
2 reviews
23 helpful votes
March 12th, 2019

Rottentomatoes has long since lost it's way, it used to be a group of true critics that actually cared for thier fellow fans, no more, now sliding any money thier way will make it keel over to try and help whatever company, and does anyone else find it odd that everytime they love a movie the general fandom hates it, and everytime they hate a movie, the general fandom loves said movie? I think it's time for a career change rotten tomatoes as your failing at doing anything correct anymore, what happened to your self edecate? Did you at least let the fans have thier opinion? Nope because now your deleting reviews from 'nonprofessional' critics who happen to be better at doing your job then you will ever be.

Thumbnail of user benb166
6 reviews
2 helpful votes
March 26th, 2018

Funny how some sites claim that Rotten Tomatoes is an unknown and unpopular website. They're pretty established with a huge database of movie reviews.

Thumbnail of user kylel55
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 21st, 2017

This site is excellent when it comes to rating anything from TV series to any movie. The reviews are accurate and trustworthy. It also allows for both top critics and average Joe to comment and rate any movie and takes into account your review.

Excellent site, wonderful layout and extremely informative.

Thumbnail of user anthonyb40
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
January 28th, 2013

Such a great movie resource! It's not the imdb where you can find anything but rottentomatos quite interesting facts! Thanks for really good movie database!

Thumbnail of user stephanien3
91 reviews
225 helpful votes
April 21st, 2014

Rottentomatoes is a great place to get movie reviews. I like how it takes in account both critics and real movie goers. I don't think I have ever not liked a movie that was well reviewed on rottentomatoes.

Thumbnail of user seanp47
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
February 4th, 2017

I`m an international student and at first it was a bit hard for me to do some tasks. This site in particular helped me understand some movies (or just copy a review for the task, who am I tricking.). Anyway its pretty useful

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