Paddington overtakes Citizen Kane to score a perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating, thanks to one bad review At review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, a curator is adding criticism from decades ago. The results can be . upsetting
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: May 10, 2021 • 6 days ago • 7 minute read • Paddington is said to be the best bear movie since Winnie the Pooh. Photo by Warner Bros
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The Twitter account @paddingtonbear is a fairly calm corner of the Internet. “The sun is shining so I think I’ll have my #elevenses outside today,” the London-based bear tweeted recently. “I don’t like marmalade anymore” raised some eyebrows, until people realized it was April Fools’ Day.
A thousand memes and jokes were born of the news that the talking bear sequel’s score of “100 percent Fresh” had bested the “99 percent Fresh” now assigned to the film widely hailed as the greatest ever made.
‘Citizen Kane’ loses perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes after 1941 negative review resurfaces
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The critic branded the movie “a flop” and wrote that the film’s noir-inspired visuals and use of shadows “gives one the creeps”
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The critic branded the movie “a flop” and wrote that the film’s noir-inspired visuals and use of shadows “gives one the creeps”
Arson Welles’ “Citizen Kane”, widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made, has lost its 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes after the review aggregator website added a negative review from 80 years ago.
Sarah Bahr, The New York Times
Published: 29 Apr 2021 11:00 AM BdST
Updated: 29 Apr 2021 11:00 AM BdST ‘Paddington 2’ has replaced ‘Citizen Kane’ as the top-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes after an 80-year-old review made it slip from 100% to 99%. FACEBOOK
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And as anyone who’s ever gotten a 99% on a test can tell you, the two are not the same thing.
“Citizen Kane,” the 1941 Orson Welles classic about the rise and fall of publishing magnate Charles Foster Kane, long had a perfect critics’ score on the film website Rotten Tomatoes, which had aggregated 115 reviews. Until last month.