Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Reviews matter, and Rotten Tomatoes matters. Rotten Tomatoes couldn’t save Apes, and it couldn’t kill Emoji. But as we’ve seen this summer, it’s not that simple. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years. His parents' struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification. Even if reviews were good/great, maybe Cars 3 didn’t look different enough from Cars or maybe (the exceptionally downbeat) War of the Planet of the Apes didn’t look different enough from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Plot: A war veteran's attempt to save a young girl from a sex trafficking ring goes horribly wrong. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The Emoji Movie is released in the UK on 4 August. Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Lucas Hedges. Dead Men Tell No Tales legged it to $171 million domestic, the same halfway decent multiplier that Baywatch pulled from a $23m Thurs-Mon debut. But among major studio releases, that’s… How does one make a “poop” emoji? The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor. The Emoji Movie is not suitable for kids, misrepresents the way teenagers communicate , and insults adults by trying to slip by advertisements, leaving the movie with no real audience to please. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and betrayal. Don't have an account? I have extensively written about all of said subjects for the last 11 years. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. The picture didn’t just earn an 8% fresh over at Rotten Tomatoes (with three positive reviews out of 40), it made an average critic’ score of 2/10. Follow me at @ScottMendelson and "like" The Ticket Booth on Facebook. But for every “Rotten Tomatoes killed Baywatch!” there is a “Rotten Tomatoes couldn’t save War for the Planet of the Apes (or Cars 3)!” For every “Rotten Tomatoes killed Transformers,” there’s a “Rotten Tomatoes couldn’t save Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.” Sure, rave reviews helped make Dunkirk into the adult-skewing smash of the summer, but Atomic Blonde barely opened with $18 million over the weekend despite months of buzz about Charlize Theron’s star turn and an all-time classic second act climax. Plot: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. The negative reviews for Baywatch (since they were of the “Wow, this is not funny, and I consider myself a big Dwayne Johnson fan!” variety) did real damage to the film’s opening weekend. Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, and Ed Harris. But those wanted to see The Emoji Movie or didn't want to see War for the Planet of the Apes did so no matter what the critical consensus had to say. Plot: Story details are minimal as of now, but Thor's third return to screen has already been teased to feature a loose adaptation of the famous 'Planet Hulk' storyline. Plot: A crime mystery set in the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, where the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. You may opt-out by. Forgot your password? The theme got so bad that Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. didn’t bother screening the Will Ferrell/Amy Poehler comedy The House for critics. The emoticon that best sums up the aggregated Rotten Tomatoes score achieved by The Emoji Movie is most probably the Poop one. Why watch Pirates 5 when you can watch Pirates 1 on Blu-Ray? Negative reviews for sequels to/reboots of existing cinematic franchises are doing more damage simply because moviegoers can watch the prior incarnations at home in their jammies with a bowl of popcorn in their lap. (image of director Steven Spielberg and star Mark Rylance). Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Alicia Silverstone. One such film that recently reviewed a high score, to the surprise of many, is The Conjuring prequel Annabelle: Creation: after just 12 reviews it has a perfect score of 100% compared to its predecessor - 2014's Annabelle - which received 29%. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Plot: A surgeon forms a familial bond with a sinister teenage boy, with disastrous results. Wonder Woman would have been a big hit with inferior reviews and (the mostly-acclaimed) Girls Trip didn't need great reviews any more than (the mostly-panned) Bad Moms did last year. She thus puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Taylor. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. Yey? Plot: Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. Plot: A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. There are plenty of films that received zero positive reviews (One Missed Call, Ballistic: Eck v Sever, etc.) has given the film a positive review! But it is not magic. Maybe one simple reason The Emoji Movie did okay is that it’s the only Emoji movie, so it still offered something unique unto itself.

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