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The website keeps track of all the reviews counted for each film and calculates the percentage of positive reviews. 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".

The percentage is based on the film's reviews aggregated by the website and assessed as positive or negative, and when all aggregated reviews are positive, the film has a 100% rating.

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.

American review aggregator for film and television. Rotten Tomatoes is a website dedicated to reviews, information, and news of movies and television series. The name derives from the vaudeville-era cliché of throwing tomatoes and other products at stage performers if a performance was particularly bad.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

We're not surprised to see that Singin' in the Rain has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, as it's one of the most heartwarming, cheerful, gorgeous movies ever.

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.

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.

On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating.

The scoring system of Rotten Tomatoes is heavily biased due to genre bias, selection bias, time bias, and recency bias.

Why is it called Rotten Tomatoes? ›

The name Rotten Tomatoes itself came to Senh after watching Jean-Claude Lauzon's coming-of-age fantasy Léolo, wherein a woman believes she is impregnated by tomatoes.

A red tomato means the movie received positive reviews. A splattered green tomato means the movies has been negatively reviewed. The popcorn images are from Flixster, the full popcorn container means the audience generally liked the movie. The spilled popcorn container means audiences didn't find the movie appealing.

Fresh At least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive. Rotten Less than 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive. Certified Fresh A special distinction awarded to the best reviewed movies and TV Shows. Fresh At least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive.

“Rotten tomatoes contain aflatoxins, which can predispose those who consume them to cancer. Aflatoxins are poisonous substances produced by certain kinds of fungi which are called molds.

So basically, every review on the site is classified as either "rotten" or "fresh" — good or bad, positive or negative. And then a Rotten Tomatoes score for a movie is calculated by just basically dividing the number of positive reviews by the total reviews. That's it.

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.

The study found that there was a 13% difference in accuracy and reliability between the ratings reported on Rotten Tomatoes compared to those on IMDb, with the latter also reporting up to a 33% lower score for some films than the other databases.

After confirming your email address, you can write a review when logged in to the site through a Rotten Tomatoes account or Gmail log-in. When you are logged in, you'll be able to view a movie or TV show's details page and rate and/or review the movie or show using the stars and text box directly under the Tomatometer.

If the rating's above 7.5, it's safe to say that it's generally known as a good movie. If the rating's above 7.5, it's safe to say that it's generally known as a good movie.