Rotten Tomatoes

Website Overview

Rotten Tomatoes is a reviews and ratings aggregator focused on movie-watching decisions, presenting critical consensus with the critics' Tomatometer and audience scores side by side. It combines critics' and media ratings with user scores, labels titles as "Fresh/Rotten" and "Certified Fresh", and provides film details, trailers, and screening information.

• Core features: review aggregation, rating breakdown, audience scores, trailers, theatrical and streaming availability
• Use cases: picking a movie on the fly, checking reputation before watching, sourcing reviews or media citations, industry and market trend analysis
• Key advantages:
  • Authoritative aggregation: consolidates ratings and short reviews from numerous professional outlets and critics
  • Dual comparison: displays critics' Tomatometer and audience scores side by side to highlight reputation gaps
  • Comprehensive information: includes trailers, cast lists, release dates, curated lists, and editor recommendations

Whether you're a general viewer, critic, film professional, or media outlet, Rotten Tomatoes quickly provides a reliable, intuitive gauge of reception to help users make efficient viewing and promotion decisions.