Rotten Tomatoes
American review aggregator for film and television
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| 2025 | The film 'Alarum' is released with 20 reviews, receiving a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 2025 | The film 'Sinners' secures a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 37 reviews, demonstrating critical acclaim. |
| 2025 | Film 'The Perfect Neighbor' achieves a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 24 reviews |
| 2025 | The first 100% rated film of 2025 was 'Together' |
| 2025 | Alarum was rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with 20 reviews. |
| 2024 | Notable 100% rated films included 'All We Imagine as Light', 'Daughters', and 'No Other Land' |
| 2024 | Armor was rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with 25 reviews. |
| August 21 2024 | Rotten Tomatoes rebranded its audience score as the Popcornmeter and launched a new 'Verified Hot' badge for films with a 90 percent or higher audience score among verified ticket purchasers. The badge was retroactively applied to over 200 films that met the criteria since May 2019. |
| April 2024 | The Hollywood Reporter revealed that directors' past Rotten Tomatoes scores are now being discussed in film pitch meetings, with critical scores significantly influencing hiring decisions for directors. |
| February 2024 | WIRED published an article by Christopher Null arguing that review manipulation methods are standard practices across PR agencies, challenging the criticisms raised against Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 2023 | Critically perfect films included '20 Days in Mariupol', 'Concrete Utopia', and 'Beyond Utopia' |
| September 2023 | Rotten Tomatoes responded to the Vulture article by delisting several Bunker 15 films, including Ophelia, and issuing a statement affirming their commitment to platform integrity. |
| September 2023 | Vulture published an article criticizing Rotten Tomatoes, exposing potential review manipulation tactics by publicity companies like Bunker 15, specifically highlighting the case of the 2018 film Ophelia. |
| 2022 | 100% rated films included 'Descendant' and 'Free Chol Soo Lee' |
| 2021 | Perfect-rated films featured 'Hive', 'Writing with Fire', and 'The Janes' |
| June 2021 | A film critic published a negative review of Paddington 2, breaking its perfect 100% rating and reducing it to a 99% rating with 251 positive reviews and two negative reviews. |
| February 2021 | Rotten Tomatoes staff announced several design changes to the site, including updated film page layouts and new information display features. |
| 2020 | Critically acclaimed films with 100% rating included 'Crip Camp', '76 Days', and 'His House' |
| 2020 | Three films - John Henry, The Last Days of American Crime, and Hard Kill - received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 20-42 reviews each. |
| May 19 2020 | Rotten Tomatoes won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Entertainment in the Web category. |
| 2019 | Notable 100% rated films included 'Honeyland', 'Chained for Life', and 'Apocalypse Now: Final Cut' |
| 2019 | The Queen's Corgi was rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with 20 reviews. |
| May 24 2019 | Rotten Tomatoes introduced a verified rating system where users must verify ticket purchases through Fandango Media in addition to creating an account. Verified reviews now account for the average audience score displayed next to the Tomatometer. |
| February 26 2019 | Rotten Tomatoes announced changes to user reviews policy, including blocking user reviews before a film's public release and introducing a system for 'verified' reviews in response to coordinated review 'bombing' of films like Captain Marvel and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. |
| 2018 | Multiple films achieved a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, including 'Leave No Trace', 'Minding the Gap', and 'Sharkwater Extinction' |
| 2018 | The films Gotti and London Fields received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 56 and 35 reviews respectively. |
| March 2018 | The site announced a new design, icons, and logo at South by Southwest, marking its first major visual update in 19 years. |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 was released and initially achieved a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. |
| November 1 2017 | Rotten Tomatoes launched a new web series on Facebook called See It/Skip It, hosted by Jacqueline Coley and Segun Oduolowu. |
| July 2017 | Sony embargoed critic reviews for The Emoji Movie until mid-day Thursday before its release, despite the film ultimately receiving a 9% rating. |
| July 2017 | Matt Atchity, the site's editor-in-chief since 2007, left to join The Young Turks YouTube channel. |
| December 2016 | Fandango and its websites moved to Fox Interactive Media's former headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. |
| February 2016 | Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, with Warner Bros. retaining a minority stake. |
| September 17 2013 | Rotten Tomatoes created TV Zone, a new section devoted to scripted television series. |
| 2011 | Warner Bros. acquired Rotten Tomatoes. |
| September 16 2010 | The Rotten Tomatoes Show ended its original run. |
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