Critics loved it, audiences didn’t
Movies Rotten Tomatoes critics rate at least 25 points above audiences: acclaimed films that left viewers cold.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)Critics 91%Audience 41%2
Spy Kids (2001)Critics 92%Audience 47%3
It Comes at Night (2017)Critics 88%Audience 44%4
I Care a Lot (2021)Critics 79%Audience 35%5
Ad Astra (2019)Critics 83%Audience 40%6
Sharknado (2013)Critics 78%Audience 35%7
Hail, Caesar! (2016)Critics 86%Audience 44%8
Antz (1998)Critics 92%Audience 52%9
Stuart Little 2 (2002)Critics 82%Audience 42%10
The Innkeepers (2012)Critics 81%Audience 42%11
Haywire (2011)Critics 80%Audience 41%12
Uncut Gems (2019)Critics 91%Audience 52%13
About a Boy (2002)Critics 93%Audience 55%14
Splice (2010)Critics 75%Audience 37%15
Arachnophobia (1990)Critics 92%Audience 55%16
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)Critics 75%Audience 40%17
The Informant! (2009)Critics 79%Audience 44%18
Teeth (2008)Critics 80%Audience 45%19
Carry-On (2024)Critics 87%Audience 52%20
War of the Worlds (2005)Critics 76%Audience 42%21
King Kong (2005)Critics 84%Audience 50%22
Greenberg (2010)Critics 76%Audience 42%23
Noah (2014)Critics 75%Audience 41%24
Captain Marvel (2019)Critics 79%Audience 45%25
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)Critics 83%Audience 51%26
Chicken Run (2000)Critics 97%Audience 65%27
Sausage Party (2016)Critics 82%Audience 50%28
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)Critics 80%Audience 49%29
Piranha 3D (2010)Critics 76%Audience 45%30
Young Adult (2011)Critics 80%Audience 49%31
All Is Lost (2013)Critics 95%Audience 64%32
Us (2019)Critics 93%Audience 62%33
Babe (1995)Critics 98%Audience 68%34
Freaky Friday (2003)Critics 88%Audience 58%35
Drag Me to Hell (2009)Critics 92%Audience 62%36
The Witch (2016)Critics 91%Audience 61%37
In Good Company (2004)Critics 83%Audience 54%38
The Blair Witch Project (1999)Critics 86%Audience 57%39
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)Critics 86%Audience 57%40
Compliance (2012)Critics 89%Audience 60%41
It Follows (2015)Critics 95%Audience 66%42
The School of Rock (2003)Critics 92%Audience 64%43
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)Critics 85%Audience 57%44
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)Critics 76%Audience 48%45
Adventureland (2009)Critics 89%Audience 61%46
A Dangerous Method (2011)Critics 78%Audience 50%47
Under the Skin (2014)Critics 83%Audience 55%48
Turning Red (2022)Critics 95%Audience 67%49
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Critics 99%Audience 72%50
Crocodile Dundee (1986)Critics 87%Audience 60%51
The Hoax (2006)Critics 85%Audience 58%52
Pinocchio (1940)Critics 100%Audience 73%53
Cyrus (2010)Critics 80%Audience 53%54
Cedar Rapids (2011)Critics 86%Audience 59%55
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)Critics 87%Audience 60%56
TransSiberian (2008)Critics 91%Audience 65%57
The Tree of Life (2011)Critics 86%Audience 60%58
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)Critics 93%Audience 67%59
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)Critics 80%Audience 54%60
The Babadook (2014)Critics 98%Audience 72%61
The Northman (2022)Critics 90%Audience 64%62
Space Cowboys (2000)Critics 78%Audience 53%63
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)Critics 77%Audience 52%64
James and the Giant Peach (1996)Critics 91%Audience 66%65
Dumbo (1941)Critics 95%Audience 70%66
Roxanne (1987)Critics 88%Audience 63%67
Paranormal Activity (2009)Critics 82%Audience 57%68
28 Years Later (2025)Critics 88%Audience 63%69
The Loved Ones (2010)Critics 98%Audience 73%70
Arbitrage (2012)Critics 87%Audience 62%