India's Hyperviolent Action Movie Lands Impressive Rotten Tomatoes Score For US Release
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Space Cadet , starring Emma Roberts, has a 24% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This marks Roberts' third consecutive low-rated film, following Madame Web and Maybe I Do . Despite the low score, Space Cadet could still find an audience on Prime Video and potentially improve its rating.
Rotten Tomatoes gives a score to Emma Roberts' new Prime Video movie Space Cadet, and it continues a bleak trend for the actor. Released on July 4, Madame Web star Roberts' latest film concerns a Florida party girl with bigger aspirations, who scams her way into astronaut training school, with comedic results. As directed by Liz W. Garcia, the Space Cadet cast also includes Tom Hopper, Gabrielle Union, Poppy Liu and Dave Foley.
Even with Roberts in the lead role, and a solid supporting cast behind her, critics are not over the moon about Space Cadet, as reflected in its just-revealed 24% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With just 21 reviews compiled, the film still has a chance to improve its score. The movie's audience rating is a bit better at 43%, with fewer than 50 reviews counted at the time of this publishing.
How Space Cadet's RT Score Compares To Roberts' Other Recent Movies
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Space Cadet's less-than-fresh Rotten Tomatoes score is the third straight low rating for Roberts, coming on the heels of Madame Web's notably atrocious 11% fresh rating (Roberts only worked a week on the film, and recently defended it against toxic internet culture) and Maybe I Do's 32%. Roberts' last fresh movie, About Fate, came back in 2022, but grossed just $500,000 in limited release before hitting digital platforms.
Emma Roberts' Last 10 Movies On Rotten Tomatoes
Critics' Score
Audience Score
Space Cadet (2024)
24%
43%
Madame Web (2024)
11%
57%
Maybe I Do (2023)
32%
61%
About Fate (2022)
63%
67%
Abandoned (2022)
16%
17%
Holidate (2020)
45%
54%
The Hunt (2020)
57%
66%
Paradise Hills (2019)
68%
67%
UglyDolls (2019)
30%
54%
Billionaire Boys Club (2018)
7%
33%
Roberts is indeed well-removed from her last Rotten Tomatoes win streak, which came in the years 2015-2017, when she starred in the acclaimed movies I Am Michael, The Blackcoat's Daughter, Nerve and Who We Are Now. The last of those films stands to this day as Roberts' highest-rated effort, according to RT, holding a 96% fresh rating.
Roberts' Space Cadet character Rex Simpson has been compared to Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods
Space Cadet could still find its audience on Prime Video, of course, and may still experience a Rotten Tomatoes uptick as more critics submit their reviews. For now though, the movie looks like a flop for Roberts, whose streak of appearing in poorly-regarded films appears to remain intact after her latest comedy.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
Space Cadet (2024)
PG-13
Comedy
Romance
A young woman with no formal training unexpectedly finds herself in a space program after a series of fortunate events. As she navigates rigorous training and high-stakes challenges, she must prove her capabilities to skeptical teammates and instructors.
Director Liz W. Garcia
Release Date July 4, 2024
Writers Liz W. Garcia
Cast Emma Roberts , Tom Hopper , Poppy Liu , Gabrielle Union , Kuhoo Verma , Desi Lydic , Sebastián Yatra , Sam Robards
Runtime 110 Minutes
Main Genre Comedy
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