FAQs
Welcome to the 100% Club, where every movie isn't necessarily perfect, but their Tomatometers are. A place where all the critic reviews are Fresh, as far as the eye can see, without a Rotten mark to disrupt all the 1s and their attendant 0s in the percentage scores.
What do the Rotten Tomatoes scores mean? ›
“As the reviews of a given film accumulate, the Rotten Tomatoes score measures the percentage that are more positive than negative, and assigns an overall fresh or rotten rating to the movie. Scores of over 60 percent are considered fresh, and scores of 59 percent and under are rotten.
Does Rotten Tomatoes pay reviewers? ›
This has been happening for years. The PR firm, named Bunker 15, is said to pay as much as $50.00 for a single Rotten Tomatoes review. The payments, which aren't typically disclosed, are usually given to obscure critics who happen to be part of a pool tracked by Rotten Tomatoes.
What is the scariest scene in A Quiet Place? ›
#1: The Nail
This sequence is simply a perfect storm of terror, in which everything that could possibly go wrong for these characters slowly unfolds. Evelyn goes into labor early while alone at the house, which would be distressing even without any deadly monsters about.
Has there ever been a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
100 Movies lists, but there are many others and several entries with dozens of positive reviews, which are considered surprising to some experts. To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.
How hard is it to get 100% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
Getting a perfect Rottentomatoes.com score is a difficult feat. This is a selection of movies that have managed to achieve an almost impossible unanimity — they are all 100% fresh.
How trusted is Rotten Tomatoes? ›
Rotten Tomatoes has been a go-to source for movie reviews for years - and its ratings can make or break a film's success. But some say the site has major flaws in its ratings system.
Is Rotten Tomatoes owned by Disney? ›
In 2011, Warner Bros. acquired Rotten Tomatoes.
Are Rotten Tomatoes reviews biased? ›
The scoring system of Rotten Tomatoes is heavily biased due to genre bias, selection bias, time bias, and recency bias.
Why are they barefoot in A Quiet Place? ›
The Abbotts go barefoot in order to avoid attracting the attention of the alien monsters that hunt by sound.
Which Film Is Scarier? While both movies are successful, A Quiet Place is the clear winner in the battle for the title of the scariest for two reasons. It goes without saying, but since it's the first movie, fans don't know what's happening. They have to figure everything out scare-by-scare as the film progresses.
Did the silence rip off A Quiet Place? ›
However, the reality is that The Silence came first. The Silence is based on a 2015 novel of the same name, which was released before writing on A Quiet Place actually began. A Quite Place was initially written in January 2016 and filming took place between May and November 2017.
Is 20% Rotten Tomatoes good or bad? ›
In the case of Rotten Tomatoes, those exceptions are (for me): films where both the critical AND audience scores are either over 90% or under 20%. In these cases, a preponderance of evidence points toward the quality (or lack thereof) of the film in question.
Is 99% Rotten Tomatoes good or bad? ›
The 99% Club: An Ode to the Almost-Perfect Movie
Inside, a coterie of cinema's practically-finest, movies promising an experience beyond most others – movies that are almost perfect. These are the ones to warm hearts, stir the soul, call forth eruptions of laughter, and rattle your bones.
Is a 97% good on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
So when a movie such as “Black Panther” gets a certified “fresh” 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, we interpret it as a film that is near perfection, while a film such as last year's “The Emoji Movie” that lands around 9 percent, must be a steaming pile of garbage.
Is 80% Rotten Tomatoes good or bad? ›
If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh". If the positive reviews are less than 60%, the film is considered "rotten". An average score on a 0 to 10 scale is also calculated.