FAQs
To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.
What does 100 Rotten Tomatoes mean? ›
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 symbols on Rotten Tomatoes mean? ›
When at least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, a red tomato is displayed to indicate its Fresh status. When less than 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, a green splat is displayed to indicate its Rotten status.
What is the rotten tomato score? ›
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.
Is 90% on Rotten Tomatoes good? ›
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.
What show has 100% Rotten Tomatoes? ›
Other recent series with multiple seasons in the 100% club: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, One Day at a Time, Veep, Fleabag, Jane the Virgin, and Feel Good. Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score.
What is the longest film ever? ›
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is "The Cure for Insomnia" (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV.
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.
What does spilled popcorn mean on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
There's a full popcorn bucket for any film that receives 60% or higher positive reviews from audience members while a spilled popcorn bucket denotes a film where less than 60% of reviewers scored the film positively.
Does Disney own Rotten Tomatoes? ›
Rotten Tomatoes, owned by Warner Bros.
There is also a section for Verified Ratings which includes those that have actually bought tickets. To receive a full popcorn bucket, at least 60% of users give a film or show a star rating of 3.5 or higher. A tipped over popcorn bucket indicates that less than 60% of users have given it a 3.5 or higher.
Is 0% Rotten Tomatoes good or bad? ›
On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating.
What is a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
If 60% of reviews are positive, the movie is given a “Fresh” status, but if positive reviews fall below that benchmark, it is deemed “Rotten.” A popular piece of media will typically fall between the 70-90% range, but rarely, a project will receive a 100% score. This means every last review from critics was positive.
Why is Rotten Tomatoes so bad at rating? ›
The Big Picture. Rotten Tomatoes' main problem is its lack of nuance, sorting movies into good or bad without considering detail or redeeming qualities. Studios have used Rotten Tomatoes to their advantage, manipulating early reactions and scores to boost audience numbers and box office success.
What movies have 99 Rotten Tomatoes? ›
10 Nearly Perfect Movies With a 99% Score on Rotten Tomatoes
- 10 'Finding Nemo' (2003)
- 9 'Lady Bird' (2017)
- 8 'Goldfinger' (1964)
- 7 'How to Train Your Dragon' (2010)
- 6 'The Third Man' (1949)
- 5 'All About Eve' (1950)
- 4 'On the Waterfront' (1954)
- 3 'Paddington 2' (2017)
Is 98 Rotten Tomatoes good? ›
Any additional Rotten reviews could toss the movie from the 99% Club and into the gutter that is a 98% score, to associate with the likes of Wizard of Oz and The Godfather. You'll notice most in the 99% Club are from this century. Movies may or may not be getting better, but they are getting reviewed more.
What is the highest movie rating? ›
The NC-17 rating is the highest rating (even higher than the R-rating) that a film can be given, and it means the movie is for adults only (ages 18 and older) and no one age 17 or younger will be admitted.